Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse is Anne Carsonās 1998 reworking of the ancient Greek story of Heracles and Geryon. Inspired by the 7th- and 6th-century-bce poet Stesichorus, Carson transforms Geryon, traditionally a triple-bodied, red-winged monster, into the central figure of a modern story of unrequited love. Carson later continued the charactersā story in Red Doc> (2013).
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