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



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Titolo: Classics in post-colonial worlds [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Lorna Hardwick and Carol Gillespie Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oxford [England] ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (439 p.)
Disciplina: 820.9/9171241
Soggetto topico: 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.)
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Altri autori: HardwickLorna  
GillespieCarol  
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-
Titolo autorizzato: Classics in post-colonial worlds  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-959132-6
1-281-15500-4
9786611155001
0-19-153784-5
1-4356-1014-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 996203966603316
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Serie: Classical presences.