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Alcestis in the Underworld

Nina Shevchuk-Murray

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In Greek myth, Alcestis descends to the underworld in place of her husband, a king, so that he may continue to rule the living. After she returns, she and her family live—presumably—happily ever after. But she has seen and learned things no one else knows. Alcestis in the Underworld articulates the poet’s personal experience of civic duty: her life in Moscow as a U.S. diplomat, after growing up in then-USSR Ukraine.

Language: English

Pages: 82

ISBN: 9781939530

ISBN 13: 9781939530

Alcestis in the Underworld

Nina Shevchuk-Murray

4.2/5 ( ratings)

In Greek myth, Alcestis descends to the underworld in place of her husband, a king, so that he may continue to rule the living. After she returns, she and her family live—presumably—happily ever after. But she has seen and learned things no one else knows. Alcestis in the Underworld articulates the poet’s personal experience of civic duty: her life in Moscow as a U.S. diplomat, after growing up in then-USSR Ukraine.

Language: English

Pages: 82

ISBN: 9781939530

ISBN 13: 9781939530

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