Crossroads in the Black Aegean: Oedipus, Antigone, and Dramas of the African Diaspora

Author:   Barbara Goff (Professor of Classics, Department of Classics, University of Reading) ,  Michael Simpson (Senior Lecturer, Department of English and Comparative Literature, Goldsmiths, University of London)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780199217182


Pages:   414
Publication Date:   15 November 2007
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Barbara Goff (Professor of Classics, Department of Classics, University of Reading) ,  Michael Simpson (Senior Lecturer, Department of English and Comparative Literature, Goldsmiths, University of London)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9780199217182


ISBN 10:   0199217181
Pages:   414
Publication Date:   15 November 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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In its sophisticated readings of six dramas and one epic poem from across the African diaspora, this book is a profound meditation upon the inheritance of civilization and the politics of cultural transmission. Daniel Orrells, Gurminder K. Bhambra, and Tessa Roynon, African Athena: New Agendas ...immensely rewarding, and frequently groundbreaking...a remarkable book Emily Greenwood, New West Indian Guide make[s] important contributions to conversations about postcolonialism, reception, hybridity, and adaptation Erin Mee, Theatre Journal, 2 May 2010 exemplary work... The authors explore in detail why the particular myths of their title have been taken up in postcolonial contexts Page duBois, Out of Athens


...immensely rewarding, and frequently groundbreaking...a remarkable book Emily Greenwood, New West Indian Guide make[s] important contributions to conversations about postcolonialism, reception, hybridity, and adaptation Erin Mee, Theatre Journal, 2 May 2010 exemplary work... The authors explore in detail why the particular myths of their title have been taken up in postcolonial contexts Page duBois, Out of Athens


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Barbara Goff is Professor of Classics, Department of Classics, University of Reading. Michael Simpson is Senior Lecturer, Department of English and Comparative Literature, Goldsmiths, University of London.

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