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Afro-Greeks

By Emily Greenwood

Afro-Greeks

By Emily Greenwood

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Afro-Greeks examines the reception of Classics in the English-speaking Caribbean, from about 1920 to the beginning of the 21st century. Emily Greenwood focuses on the ways in which Greco-Roman antiquity has been put to creative use in Anglophone Caribbean literature, and relates this regional classical tradition to the educational context, specifically the way in which Classics was taught in the colonial school curriculum. Discussions of Caribbean literature tend to assume an antagonistic relationship between Classics, which is treated as a legacy of empire, and Caribbean literature. While acknowledging this imperial and colonial backstory, Greenwood argues that Caribbean writers such as Kamau Brathwaite, C. L. R. James, V. S. Naipaul, and Derek Walcott have successfully appropriated Classics and adapted it to the cultural context of the Caribbean, creating a distinctive, regional tradition.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
314
Release Date:
2010-03-26
Publication Date:
2010-01-28
Publisher:
OUP Oxford
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
019957524X
ISBN13:
9780199575244
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
576 g
Height:
145 cm
Width:
222 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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