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Modern odysseys : Cavafy, Woolf, Césaire, and a poetics of indirection / Michelle Zerba.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zerba, Michelle, 1953- author.
- Series:
- Classical memories/modern identities
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Homer. Odyssey--Influence.
- Homer.
- Cavafy, Constantine, 1863-1933--Criticism and interpretation.
- Cavafy, Constantine.
- Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941--Criticism and interpretation.
- Woolf, Virginia.
- Césaire, Aim--Criticism and interpretation.
- Césaire, Aim.
- Cavafy, Constantine, 1863-1933.
- Césaire, Aimé.
- Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941.
- Odyssey (Homer).
- Modernism (Literature).
- Literature, Modern--History and criticism.
- Literature, Modern.
- Classical literature--Influence.
- Classical literature.
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- x, 241 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "Explores the relationships between antiquity and modernity through C.P. Cavafy, Virginia Woolf, and Aimé Césaire's engagement with Odyssean tropes"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Diffusion and Mixture
- Homer: The Odyssey in a Sea of Difference
- Cavafy: Diaspora, Oblique Encounters, and Homoerotic Desire
- Cesaire: The Colonial Antilles and a Map of One's Own Spilled Blood
- Woolf: Tilting at Pagans' Heads in a House That Is a Town
- ch. 2 Islands and Isolation
- Homer: From Calypso to the Therapy of the Word
- Cavafy: Cosmopolitan Isolation and Sexual Shaming
- Woolf: Domestic Katabasis and Moments of Being
- Cesaire: Pelean Eruptions and Portraits of Blood
- ch. 3 Passage and Detour
- Homer: Odysseus's Wound and Narrative Detours
- Cesaire: Lagoons of Blood and Literary Cannibalism
- Woolf: Constantinople and Exile as Carnival
- Cavafy: Mediterranean Routes and Ephebic Visions
- ch. 4 Return and Split Endings
- Homer: Murder in the Home and Split Endings
- Woolf: Time Warps and Wild Goose Chases
- Cesaire: The Incised Tree, the Slave Ship, and the Pirogue
- Cavafy: Hedonic Ships on Policed Waters.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-232) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780814214640
- 0814214649
- OCLC:
- 1193112149
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