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Joseph’s adaptation of the myth of Persephone, Demeter, and Hades makes use of mythology as it was originally conceived: as a means of understanding and reflecting human experience.

Joseph’s adaptation of the myth of Persephone, Demeter, and Hades makes use of mythology as it was originally conceived: as a means of understanding and reflecting human experience. Anyone expecting a standard retelling of the Persephone myth is going to be disappointed, but even as a fan of Greek mythology I can highly recommend this book. Dozens of short stories are woven together by a poetic retelling of the original myth. The stories reflect and A beautiful and book.

Jenny Joseph (Author). ISBN-13: 978-0906427774. The 13-digit and 10-digit formats both work.

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Jenny Joseph, whose poem Warning was twice voted Britain's favourite poem, has died at the age of 8. Joseph died earlier this month after a short illness. One of best-loved poets'.

Jenny Joseph, whose poem Warning was twice voted Britain's favourite poem, has died at the age of 85. It is perhaps best known for its opening lines: "When I am an old woman I shall wear purple, With a red hat that doesn't go, and doesn't suit m. Despite it being about old age, Joseph was in her 20s when she wrote i. Born in Birmingham, Joseph studied at the University of Oxford and went on to work as a newspaper reporter, pub landlady and lecturer. Her agents described her as "one of Britain's best-loved poets".

Jenny Joseph obituary

Jenny Joseph obituary. Popular poet with a disarming sense of the oddity and pathos of the human condition. Meanwhile, critical regard steadily increased for a succession of books which established her as a serious and talented poet with an acute, disarmingly explicit sense of the oddity and pathos of the human condition. Despite all the effort that required, she went on to produce Persephone (1985), a modern retelling of the myth of rape mingling poetry and prose, Led By the Nose (2002), a calendar of a year in her Cotswold garden with its distinctive scents, and volumes of poetry at regular, if long, intervals.

Used availability for Jenny Joseph's Persephone. December 1986 : UK Hardback. November 1985 : UK Paperback. Science Fiction Fantasy Horror Urban Fantasy Paranormal Romance Young Adult Fantasy.