Oates Fires Back at Wilson’s Odyssey Critique
TL;DR
Emily Wilson’s critical takedown of Nolan’s The Odyssey—lauding its grandiosity but faulting its superficiality and racially coded casting—sparked Joyce Carol Oates to publicly pan Wilson on X, accusing her tone of dismissal and “haughty superiority” as the online discourse over the film’s adaptation continues.
- Joyce Carol Oates Panned Emily Wilson’s Odyssey Pan The Cut
- Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man lrb.co.uk
- 'Odyssey' translator Emily Wilson says Nolan shouldn't have written the movie himself NPR
- As a Classicist, I’ve Defended Emily Wilson’s Odyssey Translation. I Can’t Defend Her Review of Nolan’s Movie. Slate Magazine
- Joyce Carol Oates goes to battle for 'Odyssey,' takes aim at translator Emily Wilson’s viral review latimes.com
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