Men in Aida

Men in Aida
Men in Aida  
Author(s) David Melnick
Country United States
Subject(s) homophonic translation of ancient Greek into English
Publisher Tuumba Press
Publication date 1983
Published in
English		 1983
OCLC Number 10763257

Men in Aida[1] is a homophonic translation of Book One of Homer's Iliad into a farcical bathhouse scenario, perhaps alluding to the homoerotic aspects of ancient Greek culture.[2] It was written by the language poet David Melnick, and is an example of poetic postmodernism.

References

  1. ^ Melnick, David (1983). Men in Aida. Tuumba. 47. Berkeley, California: Tuumba Press. OCLC 13478109. 
  2. ^ Perelman, Bob (book). The marginalization of poetry: language writing and literary history. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 24. ISBN 9780691021386. OCLC 185423402. http://books.google.com/books?id=b2ngcq61tcMC&pg=PA24&lpg=PA24&dq=%22Men+in+Aida%22&source=bl&ots=G_40-0kY3n&sig=sIx41Db1Yiiodus_E8Z1ARElwtQ&hl=en&ei=BXMzS6_1KIT6nAft7qnrCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CCIQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=%22Men%20in%20Aida%22&f=false. Retrieved 24 December 2009. 

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