Ulysses in Black

by Rankine, Patrice D.

• ISBN13: 9780299220044
• ISBN10: 0299220044
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-03-28
• Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Pr

Summary

Ulysses in Blackdemonstrates that, similar to their white counterparts, African American authors-including Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, and Countee Cullen-have been students of classical languages, literature, and mythologies by such writers as Homer, Euripides, and Seneca. Ultimately, this unique study of black classicism becomes an exploration of Americars"s broader cultural integrity, one that is inclusive and historic. Outstanding Academic Title,ChoiceMagazine

Author Biography

Patrice D. Rankine is associate professor of classics and assistant head of foreign languages and literatures at Purdue University and has served as director of Purdue’s Interdisciplinary Program in Classics.

Table of Contents

Prologue: Preparing for the Journey of Ulysses in Black	p. 3
Classica Africana: The Nascent Study of Black Classicism	p. 22
From Eurocentrism to Black Classicism
Birth of a Hero: The Poetics and Politics of Ulysses in Classical Literature	p. 37
Ulysses Lost on Racial Frontiers: The Limits of Classicism in the Modern World	p. 66
The New Negro Ulysses: Classicism in African American Literature as a Return from the Black (W)hole	p. 83
Ralph Ellison's Black American Ulysses
"Ulysses alone in Polly-what's-his-name's cave": Ralph Ellison and the Uses of Myth	p. 121
Ulysses in Black: Lynching, Dismemberment, Dionysiac Rites	p. 152
Ulysses (Re)Journeying Home: Bridging the Divide between Black Studies and the Classics	p. 180
Notes	p. 193
References Cited	p. 219
Index	p. 237
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