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BL
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711820
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b534009
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| Main Entry
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Greenwood, Emily.
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| Title & Author
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Afro-Greeks : : dialogues between Anglophone Caribbean literature and classics in the twentieth century /\ Emily Greenwood
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ; New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2010
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| Series Statement
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Classical presences
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xii, 298 pages)
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| ISBN
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019957524X
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9780199575244
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-281) and index
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| Contents
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An accidental Homer : accidents of Homeric reception in the modern Caribbean -- Classics as school of empire -- Translatio studii et imperii : the manipulation of Latin in modern Caribbean literature -- The Athens of the Caribbean : Trinidadian models of Athenian democracy -- Caribbean classics and the postcolonial canon
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| Abstract
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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
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Caribbean literature (English)-- Classical influences.
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Caribbean literature (English)-- Greek influences.
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Caribbean literature (English)-- History and criticism.
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Mythology, Greek, in literature.
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| Dewey Classification
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810.99729
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| LC Classification
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PR9205.05.G74 2010
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| Added Entry
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Ohio Library and Information Network.
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