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Explores the importance and complexity of classical allusiveness in
the modern American novel Explores both the sheer extent and the
ideologically-invested nature of classical allusiveness in the
modern American novel Sheds significant new light on canonical and
often-taught major American novelists Synthesizes and builds on
existing research to demonstrate how a proper understanding of each
writer's classical allusiveness contributes to broad debates about
modernism and postmodernism, intertextuality and the history and
categorization of the American novel Draws on the methodologies and
insights of Classical Reception studies as well as American
studies, and makes an invaluable contribution to both fields
Includes a user-friendly glossary that explains all the classical
names, concepts and words This book is an invaluable survey of the
allusions to ancient Greek and Roman culture in the work of seven
major modern American novelists: Willa Cather, F. Scott Fitzgerald,
William Faulkner, Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, Philip Roth and
Marilynne Robinson. Making the classical world accessible to all
readers, it combines new close readings of three key texts by each
author with overviews of the essential prior scholarship in the
field. It also builds on archival research in documenting the
nature and extent of each author's own familiarity with classical
literature and languages.
Explores the importance and complexity of classical allusiveness in
the modern American novel Explores both the sheer extent and the
ideologically-invested nature of classical allusiveness in the
modern American novel Sheds significant new light on canonical and
often-taught major American novelists Synthesizes and builds on
existing research to demonstrate how a proper understanding of each
writer's classical allusiveness contributes to broad debates about
modernism and postmodernism, intertextuality and the history and
categorization of the American novel Draws on the methodologies and
insights of Classical Reception studies as well as American
studies, and makes an invaluable contribution to both fields
Includes a user-friendly glossary that explains all the classical
names, concepts and words This book is an invaluable survey of the
allusions to ancient Greek and Roman culture in the work of seven
major modern American novelists: Willa Cather, F. Scott Fitzgerald,
William Faulkner, Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, Philip Roth and
Marilynne Robinson. Making the classical world accessible to all
readers, it combines new close readings of three key texts by each
author with overviews of the essential prior scholarship in the
field. It also builds on archival research in documenting the
nature and extent of each author's own familiarity with classical
literature and languages.
Toni Morrison has written some of the most significant and
demanding fiction of the modern age. Her dazzling depictions of
African-American experience are studied in high schools and
colleges, debated in the media and analyzed by scholars at an
astounding rate. This Introduction offers readers a guide to the
world of Morrison in all its complexity, from her status as a key
player on the global intellectual stage to her unique perspective
on American history and her innovative narrative techniques.
Covering every novel from The Bluest Eye to A Mercy, Tessa Roynon
combines close readings with critical insights into Morrison's
other creative work, such as short stories, libretto and song
lyrics and unpublished pieces for performance. Lively and
accessibly written, Roynon's insightful text is ideal for readers
approaching Morrison for the first time as well as those familiar
with her work.
This essay collection begins the vast project that is the global
history of Ralph Ellison's life and work. It examines how and why
this avowedly "American" author read literature and scholarship
from across the world and has in turn been widely read outside the
borders of the USA. How did Ellison's encounters with the
"international" Henry James, the Cambridge Ritualists, the Roman
poet Ovid and with Dostoevsky shape both the aesthetics and the
politics of his own work? And what is the relationship between
Invisible Man and the complex and always evolving political and
cultural contexts of South Africa, the USSR and Russia, Germany and
Japan since World War II? Contributors from seven different
countries - based in Asia, Africa, Europe and the USA - deploy
significant archival research both in Ellison's personal library
and in the translation and reception histories of his iconic first
novel. This study of "the world in Ellison and Ellison in the
world" initiates an important new approach in Ellison studies,
illuminating hitherto hidden dimensions of the man and his
writings.
Toni Morrison has written some of the most significant and
demanding fiction of the modern age. Her dazzling depictions of
African-American experience are studied in high schools and
colleges, debated in the media and analyzed by scholars at an
astounding rate. This Introduction offers readers a guide to the
world of Morrison in all its complexity, from her status as a key
player on the global intellectual stage to her unique perspective
on American history and her innovative narrative techniques.
Covering every novel from The Bluest Eye to A Mercy, Tessa Roynon
combines close readings with critical insights into Morrison's
other creative work, such as short stories, libretto and song
lyrics and unpublished pieces for performance. Lively and
accessibly written, Roynon's insightful text is ideal for readers
approaching Morrison for the first time as well as those familiar
with her work.
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