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Author:

Carson, Anne, 1950-

Title:

Autobiography of red : a novel in verse / Anne Carson.

Edition:

1st Vintage Contemporaries ed., Aug. 1999.

Publisher:

Vintage Contemporaries,

Copyright Date:

1999

Description:

149 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Stesichorus.--Gēryonēis--Adaptations.
Heracles (Greek mythology)--Poetry.
Epic poetry, Greek--Adaptations.
Monsters--Mythology--Poetry.

Contents:

Autobiography of Red -- Red meat: fragments of Stesichoros -- Interview. Testimonia on the question of Stesichros' blinding by Helen -- Appendix B: Palinode of Stesichoros by Stesichoros (fragment 192 poetae melici graeci) -- Appendix C: Clearing up the question of Stesichoros' blinding by Herlen -- Autobiography of Red -- Interview.

Summary:

"A stunning work that is both a novel and a poem, both an unconventional recreation of an ancient Greek myth and a wholly original coming of age story set in the present."

ISBN:

9780375701290
037570129X

OCLC:

(OCoLC)42032792

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)