Anne Carson is a name that is starting to draw critical attention, and for good reason. Her work Autobiography in Red broke perhaps every “rule” that exists between the genres of verse and novel. Her rewriting of the Greek tale of Geryon and Heracles serves as the core of her tale, but it does not stop her from also rewriting ideas on sexuality, history, and personality. Ultimately, a fundamental question asked by Carson is this: What is this thing called genre, and how is able to be heroic within a set of ossified layers of history? In other words, does time change a hero, and if so, is it related to changes in literature and the telling of stories? This is a complex assignment, but one aided by writers such as Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Jacques Derrida, Roland Barthes, Tzevtan Todorov, Susan Sontag, and Gertrude Stein. Through the work of these authors, Carson’s aims become more exciting as her path cleaves to and from those who have written before her.