Carsonian

English Etymology From en Carson -ian. Pronunciation en /kɑːˈsəʊ.ni.ən/ RP en /kɑɹˈsoʊ.ni.ən/ GA en əʊniən 4 Adjective Relating to or resembling the work of Canadian poet Anne Carson (1950–). Sam Anderson The Inscrutable Brilliance of Anne Carson https://web.archive.org/web/20231215143258/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/magazine/the-inscrutable-brilliance-of-anne-carson.html 17 March 2013 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. w:Casey Cep Anne Carson's Obsession with Herakles https://web.archive.org/web/20240204194918/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/books/11/08/anne-carsons-obsession-with-herakles 1 November 2021 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. Of or relating to Johnny Carson (1925–2005), American television host and comedian. en eponyms