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    The Eleusinian Mysteries
    The Eleusinian Mysteries
    The Eleusinian Mysteries
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    The Eleusinian Mysteries

    By Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler

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    The Eleusinian Mysteries is a poetic subversion of the ancient Greek myth of Persephone, in which the young goddess abducted by Hades is not a passive victim but a cunning protagonist in her own right who actively resists the narrative that has historically held her captive. Over the course of a series of interrelated narrative poems, s

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAubade Publishing
    Release dateMar 22, 2022
    ISBN9781951547202
    The Eleusinian Mysteries
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    Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler

    Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler is a poet, translator, and teacher candidate based in Harlem, New York. His translations of Russian and Ukrainian novels by Dmitry Lipskerov, Andriy Lyubka, and Serhiy Zhadan have been published by Deep Vellum, Jantar, and Yale University Press, and his work has appeared in numerous journals, including the BIG WINDOWS REVIEW, the PEACOCK JOURNAL, and TRAFIKA EUROPE.

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