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Inverted Odysseys / Cahun, Claude ; Deren, Maya ; Sherman, Cindy ; Schneemann C ; Piper A ; Wilson M ; Weems CM ; Smith M., 1999

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Identifier: CC-34219-35906

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Scope and Contents

Several shaped typewriter poems by Claude Cahun are reproduced from her previously unpublished homoerotic, feminist, set in ancient Greek, novel, "Heroines." It was translated by Norman MacAfee from a manuscript written in English and French in 1925. The typings include a mathematical poem, a French shoe, an arc of triumph, punctuation poems and a goblet. Several aphorisms appear in the novel. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1999

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 soft cover book (168 pages)) ; 28 x 20.8 x 1.3 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

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Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

General

Published: New York; North Miami Beach, Florida; Cambridge, Massachusetts : Grey Art Gallery; Museum of Contemporary Art; MIT Press. Nationality of creator: French and American. General: Number of duplicates: 1. General: Updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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