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Record Nr.

UNISA996203966603316

Titolo

Classics in post-colonial worlds [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Lorna Hardwick and Carol Gillespie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford [England] ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

0-19-959132-6

1-281-15500-4

9786611155001

0-19-153784-5

1-4356-1014-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (439 p.)

Collana

Classical presences

Altri autori (Persone)

HardwickLorna

GillespieCarol

Disciplina

820.9/9171241

Soggetti

Commonwealth literature (English) - Classical influences

Commonwealth literature (English) - Greek influences

African drama (English) - Greek influences

Caribbean literature (English) - Classical influences

Caribbean literature (English) - Greek influences

Postcolonialism - Commonwealth countries

Classicism in literature

Comparative literature - Modern and classical

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers from a conference, Classics in Post-Colonial Worlds, held at the Open University in Harborne, Birmingham, in May 2004.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [364]-409) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Contributors; Introduction; PART I: CASE STUDIES; PART II: ENCOUNTER AND NEW TRADITIONS; PART III: CHALLENGING THEORY: FRAMING FURTHER QUESTIONS; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Classical material was traditionally used to express colonial authority, but it was also appropriated by imperial subjects and put to new uses. In this collection of essays, international scholars debate the



relationship between the culture of Greece and Rome and the changes that have followed the end of colonial empires. - ;Classical material was traditionally used to express colonial authority, but it was also appropriated by imperial subjects to become first a means of challenging colonialism and then a rich field for creating cultural identities that blend the old and the new. Nobel prize-