Jason and Medeia.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. First edition, first printing. Publisher's beige cloth, top stain blue, in dust jacket ($7.95). Top edge faded with three small stains, residue spot to front endpaper, else fine in near fine dust jacket with sunned spine, in mylar cover. Item #222480
Best known for his philosophical novel Grendel and for his defense of moral seriousness in fiction, John Gardner was a central figure in late-20th-century American letters. In Jason & Medeia, he turns to epic verse to reinterpret the Greek myth through a modern psychological lens. The result is a dense, poetic narrative that fuses classical structure with contemporary moral tension. This work exemplifies Gardner’s belief in literature’s ethical function and shows his range beyond fiction into mythopoetic reconstruction.
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