Ulysses in Black: Ralph Ellison, Classicism, and African American Literature

Contents

Prologue: Preparing for the Journey of Ulysses in Black / 3 1. Classica Africana: The Nascent Study of Black Classicism / 22 journey 1: From Eurocentrism to Black Classicism 2. Birth of a Hero: The Poetics and Politics of Ulysses in Classical Literature / 37 3. Ulysses Lost on Racial Frontiers: The Limits of Classicism in the Modern World / 66 4. The New Negro Ulysses: Classicism in African American Literature as a Return from the Black (W)hole / 83 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 / 121 6. Ulysses in Black: Lynching, Dismemberment, Dionysiac Rites / 152 7. Ulysses (Re)Journeying Home: Bridging the Divide between Black Studies and the Classics / 180 Notes / 193 References Cited / 219 Index / 237 Contents  Ulysses in Black  ...