Unbearable Birth: Natality in Louise Glück’s <i>Averno</i>

This essay argues for the importance of the overlooked theme of natality in the poetry of Louise Glück. In its guise as mortality, human finitude causes pain through the permanence of death; in its guise as natality, finitude can also be an occasion for wonder at the unlikely chance of having been b...

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Main Author: Reena Sastri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-06-01
Series:Humanities
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/14/6/122
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