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Modern odysseys : Cavafy, Woolf, Césaire, and a poetics of indirection / Michelle Zerba.

Van Pelt Library PN56.M54 Z46 2021
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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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