After Troy /

After troy, Taban lo Liyong's booklength poem, is an expansive and engaging elaboration of two classical Greek texts, Homer's Odyssey and Aeschylus's Oresteia. Its focus is the homecoming from the Trojan war of two hero-kings, Odysseus and Agamemnon. Lo Liyong recreates their thoughts...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Liyong, Taban lo (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [South Africa] : Deep South, [2021]
Temas:
Homer. > Iliad > Poetry.
Aeschylus. > Oresteia > Poetry.
Oresteia (Aeschylus)
Iliad (Homer)
Women > Poetry.
Epic poetry, African.
Femmes > Poésie.
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POETRY / African.
Women.
poetry.
Poetry.
Poésie.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:After troy, Taban lo Liyong's booklength poem, is an expansive and engaging elaboration of two classical Greek texts, Homer's Odyssey and Aeschylus's Oresteia. Its focus is the homecoming from the Trojan war of two hero-kings, Odysseus and Agamemnon. Lo Liyong recreates their thoughts and speech, adding dialogue from other characters, most of them women, who are not given a voice in the original stories. after troy is also a philosophical enquiry into retribution and justice.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
ISBN:192847635X
9781928476351

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