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Classics in post-colonial worlds [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Lorna Hardwick and Carol Gillespie
| 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 |
| Descrizione fisica | xv, 422 p |
| Disciplina | 820.9/9171241 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
HardwickLorna
GillespieCarol |
| Collana | Classical presences |
| 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.) |
| ISBN |
0191537845
9780191537844 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Classics in postcolonial worlds |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795716103321 |
| Oxford [England] ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Classics in post-colonial worlds [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Lorna Hardwick and Carol Gillespie
| Classics in post-colonial worlds [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Lorna Hardwick and Carol Gillespie |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford [England] ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | xv, 422 p |
| Disciplina | 820.9/9171241 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
HardwickLorna
GillespieCarol |
| Collana | Classical presences |
| 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.) |
| ISBN |
0191537845
9780191537844 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- PART I: CASE STUDIES -- 1. Trojan Women in Yorubaland: Femi Osofisan's Women of Owu -- 2. Antigone's Boat: the Colonial and the Postcolonial in Tegonni: An African Antigone by Femi Osofisan -- 3. Antigone and her African Sisters: West African Versions of a Greek Original -- 4. Cross-Cultural Bonds Between Ancient Greece and Africa: Implications for Contemporary Staging Practices -- 5. The Curse of the Canon: Ola Rotimi's The Gods Are Not To Blame -- 6. Post-Apartheid Electra: In the City of Paradise -- 7. Sculpture at Heroes' Acre, Harare, Zimbabwe: Classical Influences? -- PART II: ENCOUNTER AND NEW TRADITIONS -- 8. Perspectives on Post-Colonialism in South Africa: the Voortrekker Monument's Classical Heritage -- 9. Imperial Reflections: The Post-Colonial Verse-Novel as Post-Epic -- 10. A Divided Child, or Derek Walcott's Post-Colonial Philology -- 11. Arriving Backwards: the Return of The Odyssey in the English-Speaking Caribbean -- 12. 'If You are a Woman': Theatrical Womanizing in Sophocles' Antigone and Fugard, Kani, and Ntshona's The Island -- 13. Finding a Post-Colonial Voice for Antigone: Seamus Heaney's Burial at Thebes -- PART III: CHALLENGING THEORY: FRAMING FURTHER QUESTIONS -- 14. 'The Same Kind of Smile?' About the 'Use and Abuse' of Theory in Constructing the Classical Tradition -- 15. From the Peloponnesian War to the Iraq War: a Post-Liberal Reading of Greek Tragedy -- 16. Western Classics, Indian Classics: Postcolonial Contestations -- 17. Shades of Multi-Lingualism and Multi-Vocalism in Modern Performances of Greek Tragedy in Post-Colonial Contexts -- 18. The Empire Never Ended -- 19. Another Architecture -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
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| Altri titoli varianti | Classics in postcolonial worlds |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824779103321 |
| Oxford [England] ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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