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Men in Aïda / David J. Melnick,; with an introduction by Sean Gurd.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Melnick, David, 1938- author.
- Language:
- English
- Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
- Subjects (All):
- Iliad of Homer--Translations into English.
- Iliad of Homer.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (201 pages) : PDF, digital file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Brooklyn, NY punctum books 2014
- Den Haag, Netherlands : Uitgeverij, 2014.
- Language Note:
- Translated form Ancient Greek.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- David J. Melnick published the first book of Men in Aida, a homophonic, but also homoeroticized translation of Homer’s epic Iliad, in December 1983 in an edition of 450 at Tuumba Press. After appearing in many guises and fragments, Book Two was published online in 2002 as part of the Eclipse Archive. Book Three appears for the first time in the present publication, which brings together all three books of one of the most important American avant-garde poems.
- Notes:
- Book One was originally published by Lyn Hejinian as Tuumba 47 by Tuumba Press, December 1983, in an edition of 450. Fragments from Book 2 were published in Acts 2 (June 1983) and “From Men in Aida, Book ii (Iliad, Book ii, 1–130),” Boundary 2 14.1/2 (Autumn 1985), 43–6. Book One and Two can be also accessed online at the Eclipse Archive: http://eclipsearchive.org/ --Title-page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on electronic version of record (viewed on July 21st, 2020).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9789491914041
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