Carsonian

comparative more Carsonian · superlative most Carsonian

1. Relating to or resembling the work of Canadian poet Anne Carson (1950–).

   The book is strange and sweet and funny, and the remoteness of the ancient myth crossed with the familiarity of the modern setting (hockey practice, buses, baby sitters) creates a particularly Carsonian effect: the paradox of distant closeness.

   2013 March 17, Sam Anderson, “The Inscrutable Brilliance of Anne Carson”, in The New York Times Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Dec 2023

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   The language sounds more Carsonian with every syllable, both in its wit and in the way it ignores eras as easily as genres, as if recognizing that the whole of history exists in our minds simultaneously with whatever happened yesterday and what we think might happen tomorrow.

   2021 November 1, Casey Cep, “Anne Carson’s Obsession with Herakles”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Feb 2024

2. Of or relating to Johnny Carson (1925–2005), American television host and comedian.