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Subject(s)

• American literature—African American authors—History and criticism [Browse]
• American literature—African American authors—Greek influences [Browse]
• American literature—African American authors—Classical influences [Browse]
• Odysseus King of Ithaca (Mythological character)—In literature [Browse]
• Mythology, Classical, in literature [Browse]
• Classicism in literature [Browse]
• Comparative literature—Modern and classical [Browse]
• Ellison, Ralph—Criticism and interpretation [Browse]

Series

Wisconsin studies in classics. [More in this series]

Summary note

In this groundbreaking work, Patrice D. Rankine asserts that the classics need not be a mark of Eurocentrism, as they have long been considered. Instead, the classical tradition can be part of a self-conscious, prideful approach to African American culture, esthetics, and identity. Ulysses in Black demonstrates that, similar to their white counterparts, African American authors have been students of classical languages, literature, and mythologies by such writers as Homer, Euripides, and Seneca.

Notes

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-236) and index.

Language note

English

Contents

• Intro
• Contents
• Prologue: Preparing for the Journey of Ulysses in Black
• 1. Classica Africana: The Nascent Study of Black Classicism
• Journey 1: From Eurocentrism to Black Classicism
• 2. Birth of a Hero: The Poetics and Politics of Ulysses in Classical Literature
• 3. Ulysses Lost on Racial Frontiers: The Limits of Classicism in the Modern World
• 4. The New Negro Ulysses: Classicism in African American Literature as a Return from the Black (W)hole
• Journey 2: Ralph Ellison's Black American Ulysses
• 5. "Ulysses alone in Polly-what's-his-name's cave": Ralph Ellison and the Uses of Myth
• 6. Ulysses in Black: Lynching, Dismemberment, Dionysiac Rites
• 7. Ulysses (Re)Journeying Home: Bridging the Divide between Black Studies and the Classics
• Notes
• References Cited
• Index.

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ISBN

• 1-282-27032-X
• 9786612270321
• 0-299-22003-6

OCLC

223386025

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