Considering the pig, a single-minded bestiary.
Poets and artists who have considered pigs and the goddess Circe
Britian, (1840-1921) THE PRAYER OF THE SWINE TO CIRCE HUDDLING they came, with shag sides caked of mire,— With hoofs fresh sullied from the troughs o’er-turned,— With wrinkling snouts,—yet eyes in which desire Of some strange thing unutterably burned, Unquenchable; and still where’er She turned They rose about her, striving each o’er each, With restless, … Read more
United States (b. 1957) Circe / disgruntled pigs (1995/6), oil on glass 24″ x 30 in. (61 x 76.2 cm.) Making the Grade I (2006), oil on glass 6 x 6 in. (15.2 x 15.2 cm.) Promenade II (2006), oil on glass 9 x 9 in. (22.9 x 22.9 cm.) All Dressed Up (2006), oil … Read more
Gustave Doré, France (1832-1883), works include Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes and Nouveaux Contes de Fées Pour les Petits Enfants by Comtesse de Ségur. Doré was an artist, printmaker, illustrator and sculptor.
Moshe Dor (b. 1932), Israeli poet, children’s book author, interviewer, translator and essayist. He has also co-edited three English anthologies of contemporary Israeli poetry.
Carol Ann Duffy, Scottland, (b. 1955) – Circe (1999 ) and Chocs (1999). Duffy is a poet and playwright, college professor and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom (2009).
Edmund Dulac, France/England (1882-1953), works include: Circe’s Palace, Circe and Ulysses,Circe, Daughter of the sun. Dulac was a one of the most prominent book illustrators of the first quarter of the twentieth century.
United States, (1919-1988) MOLY It is said that there in Her house you are not fair but, cowering or covering, go down into the beast’s way, such is the sorcery of Her song. The voice we raise in poetry so that it seems lovely to be enthralld by words and truth to be in … Read more
Lawrence Durrell, (1912-1990), poetry includes: You’re Bringing Out the Swine in Me and Why Wait?
Durrell was a novelist, poet, translator, travel writer, and dramatist. Born in India to British parents, Durrell lived in and celebrated the Mediterranean world. He is best known for the novels that comprise The Alexandria Quartet.
George Wharton Edwards, United States (1859-1950), works include: Circe and the Swine. Edwards was an impressionist painter, book illustrator and travel author.
Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen, France (1720-1778), works include: Circe. Eisen was an engraver, painter and draftsman in the Rococo pastoral tradition.