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1. Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey

Creator / Contributor:
Bearden, Romare, artist
Additional Contributor(s):
O'Meally, Robert G, author
Date Created / Date Issued:
2007
Description:
Catalog to accompany an exhibition with the same name held Nov. 13, 2007-Jan. 5, 2008 at DC Moore Gallery
Work Based On:
Homer's Odyssey
Publisher:
DC Moore Gallery
Language:
English
Format:
Print book
Type:
Exhibition catalog
Topic:
African disapora and Fathers and sons
Rights - Use and Reproduction:
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2. Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey

Creator / Contributor:
Bearden, Romare, artist
Additional Contributor(s):
O'Meally, Robert G, author
Date Created / Date Issued:
2007
Description:
Catalog to accompany an exhibition with the same name held Nov. 13, 2007-Jan. 5, 2008 at DC Moore Gallery
Work Based On:
Homer's Odyssey
Publisher:
DC Moore Gallery
Language:
English
Format:
Print book
Type:
Exhibition catalog
Topic:
African disapora and Fathers and sons
Rights - Use and Reproduction:
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3. 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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4. 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:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

5. Medea, Hippolytus, The Bacchae

Creator / Contributor:
Euripides
Additional Contributor(s):
Vellacott, Philip, translator and Ayrton, Michael, artist
Date Created / Date Issued:
431 BC
Date Copyrighted:
1967
Description:
184 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm. Limited to 1500 copies and signed by the artist
Publisher:
Curwen Press
Language:
English
Format:
Print book
Type:
Drama
Topic:
Tragedy, Women and death, and Play
Rights - Use and Reproduction:
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6. Medea

Creator / Contributor:
Euripides
Additional Contributor(s):
Arnson Svarlien, Diane, translator
Date Created / Date Issued:
431 BC
Date Copyrighted:
2008
Description:
Contains the dramatic text for Euripides classic Greek tragedy, in which Medea plots revenge after she is betrayed by her husband and banished from her home; and features an introduction from Robin Mitchell-Boyask that provides background information on Euripides and Greek history.
Publisher:
Hackett Publishing Company
Language:
English
Format:
Print book
Type:
Drama
Topic:
Tragedy, Women and death, and Play
Rights - Use and Reproduction:
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7. The Odyssey

Creator / Contributor:
Homer
Additional Contributor(s):
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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8. 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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9. 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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10. 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/