Thomas Burnett Swann’s Queens Walk in the Dusk (1976) is the author's fifteenth and only hardcover novel, which retells the melancholy, tragic story of Aeneas and Dido's ill-timed love.
Tag: Narrative Series: Latium
Reading “Green Phoenix” by Thomas Burnett Swann
Thomas Burnett Swann’s Green Phoenix (1972) is the author's sixth novel, a partial retelling of the story of Aeneas that deals heavily with gender relations and sexual violence.
Reading “Lady of the Bees” by Thomas Burnett Swann
Thomas Burnett Swann’s Lady of the Bees (1976) offers a direct political and ethical response to modernity by way of its inventive fantasy retelling of the mythological founding of Rome, casting that key moment in “Western civilization” as a tragedy.
Genre Fantasies 