Afro-Greeks [[electronic resource] ] : dialogues between Anglophone Caribbean literature and classics in the twentieth century / / Emily Greenwood

• Autore: Greenwood Emily
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (313 p.)
• Disciplina: 810.99729
• Soggetto topico: Caribbean literature (English) - History and criticism; Caribbean literature (English) - Greek influences; Caribbean literature (English) - Classical influences; Mythology, Greek, in literature
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""Goodbye to Hellas""; ""Overview of Chapters""; ""1 An Accidental Homer: Accidents of Homeric Reception in the Modern Caribbean""; ""Patrick Leigh Fermorâ€?s The Travellerâ€?s Tree""; ""Towards a New World Odyssey""; ""Foreign Lines of Verse: Walcottâ€?s Dialogue with Modern Greece""; ""2 Classics as School of Empire""; ""Classics and the Educational Elite""; ""Contesting the Curriculum""; ""Afro-Romans and Imperial Redistribution""; ""C. L. R. James: Finding oneâ€?s Own Way in Classics""; ""Conclusion"" ; ""3 Translatio studii et imperii: The Manipulation of Latin in Modern Caribbean Literature""""Translating Latin Badly""; ""Latin and Sweet Talk in Austin Clarkeâ€?s The Polished Hoe (2002)""; ""The Postcolonial Virgil in V. S. Naipaul""; ""Derek Walcott: Translating Empire""; ""Conclusion""; ""4 The Athens of the Caribbean: Trinidadian Models of Athenian Democracy""; ""Athens in Trinidad I: C. L. R. James""; ""Athens in Trinidad II: Eric Williams""; ""Conclusion""; ""5 Caribbean Classics and the Postcolonial Canon""; ""The Unstable Canon: A Tale of Two Helens"" ; ""Classics of National Literature?""""Postcolonial Classics: Writing from Rome in Brathwaiteâ€?s X/Self""; ""Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Afro-Greeks
• ISBN: 1-283-30712-X; 9786613307125; 0-19-157347-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996215636203316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Classical presences.