The Antigone Poems, featuring poetry by Marie Slaight and drawings by Terrence Tasker, was created in the 's, while the artists were living between Montreal and Toronto. Passionate, brutal, and infused with extraordinary lyricism, The Antigone Poems provides a special expedition into the depths of the ancient Sophocles tragedy. Passionate, brutal, and infused with extraordinary lyricism, The Antigone Poems provides a special expedition into the depths of the ancient Sophocles tragedy. Certain stories are timeless, and they can be reshaped in many ways, without losing their essence, such is the story of Antigone. First introduced to the world as a heroine by Sophocles, she now re-emerges in The Antigone Poems of Marie Slaight. However, the heroine of this volume is not one woman, but all.
The Antigone Poems by Marie Slaight and Terrence Tasker Altaire, The Antigone Poems is a collaborative work, made up of poetry by Marie Slaight and drawings by Terrence Tasker. Created in the s when the writer and artist were living in Montreal and Toronto, and published in , it is an attractively produced book. I just received an advance review copy of The Antigone Poems by Marie Slaight, forthcoming in January from Altaire Productions Publications. I wasn't surprised that I hadn't heard of the poet or the press, they are in Australia and it's a sad reality that very few books published outside the US gain any real attention here. The Antigone Poems is an intensely personal invocation of the ancient Greek tragedy, created in the s while writer Marie Slaight and artist Terrence Tasker were living in Montreal and Toronto. A bold retelling of the ancient tale of defiance and justice, its poetry and images capture the anguish of the original tale in an unembellished.
An intensely personal invocation of the ancient Greek tragedy, The Antigone Poems was created in the s while writer Marie Slaight and artist Terrence Tasker were living in Montreal and Toronto. A bold retelling of the ancient tale of defiance and justice, its poetry and images capture the anguish and despair of the original tale in an unembellished modernized rendition. The Antigone Poems by Marie Slaight. One challenge any artist faces when taking on existing material is to balance what the public knows about a subject or character against the new story the artist wishes to tell. Stray too far from the original and you lose the power that your subject already possesses; stick too slavishly to the original and you won’t give the public any reason to experience your art. The Antigone Poems by Marie Slaight and illustrated by Terrence Tasker, are a collection of poems interspersed by some really eerily haunting artwork. They are based on the Sophocles play Antigone, or to be more accurate use Antigone as a mouthpiece to represent womankind – sometimes on a really direct personal level, sometimes as a collective noun with the idea of representing a state of all women.
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