Restoring the Kingdom of the Mind: Trans-realism and Transgressing Aesthetic Boundaries in Ben Okri’s Fiction

This paper reads Ben Okri’s The Famished Road in the light of his lesser-known novel Astonishing the Gods, which illuminates his aesthetic aspirations, particularly his desire to alter the way we perceive and interact with the world. Okri transgresses aesthetic boundaries through what he terms “tran...

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Auteur principal: Syrkin, Elizabeth
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Langue:Anglais
Publié: Commonwealth Essays and Studies 2021
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