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Postcolonial odysseys : Derek Walcott's voyages of homecoming / by Maeve Tynan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tynan, Maeve.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character)--Influence.
- Odysseus.
- Walcott, Derek--Criticism and interpretation.
- Walcott, Derek.
- Homer. Odyssey--Influence.
- Homer.
- Postcolonialism in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (217 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Postcolonial Odysseys: Derek Walcott's Voyages of Homecoming highlights the importance of the trope of voyaging in Derek Walcott's poetics, primarily as it pertains to the poet's engagement with classical verse. Focusing specifically on the engagement with Homeric myth, and The Odyssey in particular, it articulates the manner in which Walcott's postcolonial reconfigurations of epic verse both highlights the endurance of the classics as well as demonstrating how cultural practices can remake a...
- Contents:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; PART II; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; PART III; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-179) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-14277-5
- 9786613142771
- 1-4438-3013-5
- OCLC:
- 741454172
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