dialogues between Anglophone Caribbean literature and classics in the twentieth century /
First Statement of Responsibility
Emily Greenwood
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Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Oxford ; New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2010
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xii, 298 pages)
SERIES
Series Title
Classical presences
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-281) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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An accidental Homer : accidents of Homeric reception in the modern Caribbean -- Classics as school of empire -- Translatio studii et imperii : the manipulation of Latin in modern Caribbean literature -- The Athens of the Caribbean : Trinidadian models of Athenian democracy -- Caribbean classics and the postcolonial canon
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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An exploration of the reception of classics in the English-speaking Caribbean. Emily Greenwood argues that writers such as Kamau Brathwaite, C.L.R. James, V.S. Naipaul, and Derek Walcott have successfully adapted classics to the cultural context of the Caribbean, creating a distinctive tradition
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Title
Afro-Greeks.
International Standard Book Number
9780199575244
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Caribbean literature (English)-- Classical influences.
Caribbean literature (English)-- Greek influences.
Caribbean literature (English)-- History and criticism.