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Black Odysseys - The Homeric Odyssey in the African Diaspora since 1939 (Hardcover, New)
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Black Odysseys - The Homeric Odyssey in the African Diaspora since 1939 (Hardcover, New)
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Black Odysseys explores creative works by artists of ultimately
African descent, which respond to the Homeric Odyssey. Considering
what the ancient Greek epic has signified for those struggling to
emerge from the shadow of Western imperialism, and how it has
inspired anti-colonial poets, novelists, playwrights, and
directors, McConnell examines twentieth- and twenty-first century
works from Africa and the African diaspora, including the Caribbean
and the United States. In seeking to discover why the Odyssey, as a
founding text of the Western canon, has been of such interest to
these artists, the great plurality of post-colonial and
anti-colonial responses becomes clear: responses that differ
dramatically from each other, even in the attitude adopted towards
Odysseus himself. Since Aime Cesaire's seminal 1939 poem, Cahier
d'un retour au pays natal (Notebook of a Return to My Native Land),
the Odyssey's homecoming trope and quest for identity have inspired
writers who are simultaneously striving against and appropriating
the very forms which had been used to oppress them. Following in
the wake of Cesaire, this volume proceeds chronologically and
considers works by Ralph Ellison, Derek Walcott, Jon Amiel, Wilson
Harris, Njabulo Ndebele, and Jatinder Verma.
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