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11. The Darker Face of the Earth: A Verse Play

Creator / Contributor:
Dove, Rita
Date Created / Date Issued:
1994
Description:
A play in verse about a white woman who has a black child by a slave in pre-Civil War South Carolina. The author is a Pulitzer Prize winner and is the present U.S. poet laureate. This verse play, based on the story of Oedipus & placed within the context of slavery, is set on a plantation in antebellum South Carolina.
Work Based On:
Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus
Publisher:
Story Line Press
Language:
English
Format:
Print book
Type:
Play
Topic:
African diaspora, Enslaved peoples, and Play
Rights - Use and Reproduction:
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12. The Hungry Woman

Creator / Contributor:
Moraga, Cherríe
Date Created / Date Issued:
2001
Description:
"The Hungry Woman, grounded in the Medea legend and Mesoamerican mythology, reinvents the story of Aztlan in the "near future," visualizing a world in which the Chicano/a nation has won a living space but betrayed the principle of equality of the fighters for the revolution. Passionate, earthy, and tragic, full of heroism and villainy, the play calls on a new audience to deal with an imagined political reality."
Work Based On:
Euripides' Medea
Publisher:
West End Press
Language:
English and Español
Format:
Print book
Type:
Play
Topic:
Mexican American, LGBTQ, Aztec mythology, Tragedy, Women and death, and Play
Rights - Use and Reproduction:
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13. The Hungry Woman

Creator / Contributor:
Moraga, Cherríe
Date Created / Date Issued:
2001
Description:
"The Hungry Woman, grounded in the Medea legend and Mesoamerican mythology, reinvents the story of Aztlan in the "near future," visualizing a world in which the Chicano/a nation has won a living space but betrayed the principle of equality of the fighters for the revolution. Passionate, earthy, and tragic, full of heroism and villainy, the play calls on a new audience to deal with an imagined political reality."
Work Based On:
Euripides' Medea
Publisher:
West End Press
Language:
English and Español
Format:
Print book
Type:
Play
Topic:
Mexican American, LGBTQ, Aztec mythology, Tragedy, Women and death, and Play
Rights - Use and Reproduction:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

14. The Odyssey

Creator / Contributor:
Homer
Label
Pope, Alexander, translator, Shankman, Steven, editor, and Lawrence, Avery, artist
Alternative Title:
Ὀδύσσεια
Date Created / Date Issued:
c. 8th century BC
Date Copyrighted:
2009
Description:
1 of 2 volumes in set of Alexander Pope translations. English translation by Alexander Pope. Greek text edited by Barry B. Powell; English translation edited by Steven Shurtleff; catalog entries researched and written by William Frank. "Enhanced by over fifty original art renderings in the Greek vase styles"--Jacket. Issued in slipcase. Includes bibliographical references.
Publisher:
Chester River Press
Language:
English and Ancient Greek
Format:
Print book
Type:
Poetry
Topic:
Epic poetry and Fathers and sons
Rights - Use and Reproduction:
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15. The Odyssey

Creator / Contributor:
Homer
Additional Contributor(s):
Wilson, Emily, translator
Date Created / Date Issued:
c. 8th century BC.
Date Copyrighted:
2018
Description:
"The first great adventure story in the Western canon, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty, and power; about marriage and family; about travelers, hospitality, and the yearning for home. In this fresh, authoritative version--the first English translation of The Odyssey by a woman--this stirring tale of shipwrecks, monsters, and magic comes alive in an entirely new way. "
Publisher:
W.W. Norton & Company
Language:
English
Format:
Print book
Type:
Poetry
Topic:
Epic poetry and Fathers and sons
Rights - Use and Reproduction:
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