Helen in Egypt

Name: Helen in Egypt
Author: H.D. Hilda Doolittle

by H.D. Hilda Doolittle

Long poem reimagining Helen of Troy's story with mystical and psychological depth

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H.D. Hilda Doolittle

American imagist poet whose precise, Greek-inflected lyrics were central to the imagist movement. Her late work Trilogy and Helen in Egypt expand into a visionary mythological epic.

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