| Description |
1 online resource |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 27, 2021) |
| Subject |
Homer. Iliad -- Poetry
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Aeschylus. Oresteia -- Poetry
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| SUBJECT |
Oresteia (Aeschylus) fast |
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Iliad (Homer) fast |
| Subject |
Women -- Poetry
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Epic poetry, African.
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"Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides."
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POETRY / African.
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Women
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Epic poetry, African
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| Genre/Form |
poetry.
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Poetry
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Poetry.
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Poésie.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
192847635X |
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9781928476351 |
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