Afro-Greeks

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Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191610313
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Book Synopsis Afro-Greeks by : Emily Greenwood

Download or read book Afro-Greeks written by Emily Greenwood and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2010-01-28 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 the importance of this imperial context, Greenwood argues that Caribbean appropriations of Classics played an important role in formulating original, anti-colonial and anti-imperial criticism in Anglophone Caribbean fiction. Afro-Greeks reveals how, in the twentieth century, two generations of Caribbean writers, including Kamau Brathwaite, Austin Clarke, John Figueroa, C. L. R. James, V. S. Naipaul, Derek Walcott and Eric Williams, created a distinctive, regional counter-tradition of reading Greco-Roman Classics.

Tiepolo's Hound

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Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 1466880481
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Book Synopsis Tiepolo's Hound by : Derek Walcott

Download or read book Tiepolo's Hound written by Derek Walcott and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2014-09-09 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Nobel laureate Derek Walcott, a book-length poem on two educations in painting, a century apart "Between me and Venice the thigh of a hound; my awe of the ordinary, because even as I write, paused on a step of this couplet, I have never found its image again, a hound in astounding light." Tiepolo's Hound joins the quests of two Caribbean men: Camille Pissarro--a Sephardic Jew born in 1830 who leaves his native St. Thomas to follow his vocation as a painter in Paris--and the poet himself, who longs to rediscover a detail--"a slash of pink on the inner thigh / of a white hound"--of a Venetian painting encountered on an early visit from St. Lucia to New York. Both journeys take us through a Europe of the mind's eye, in search of a connection between the lost, actual landscape of a childhood and the mythical landscape of empire. Published with twenty-five full-color reproductions of Derek Walcott's own paintings, the poem is at once the spiritual biography of a great artist in self-imposed exile, a history in verse of Impressionist painting, and a memoir of the poet's desire to catch the visual world in more than words.

History of the Voice

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Publisher : London : New Beacon Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis History of the Voice by : Kamau Brathwaite

Download or read book History of the Voice written by Kamau Brathwaite and published by London : New Beacon Books. This book was released on 1984 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Crick Crack, Monkey

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Publisher : Heinemann
ISBN 13 : 9780435989514
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (895 download)

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Book Synopsis Crick Crack, Monkey by : Merle Hodge

Download or read book Crick Crack, Monkey written by Merle Hodge and published by Heinemann. This book was released on 2000 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tee is suspended between the warmth, spontaneity and exuberance of Tantie's household and the formality and pretension of Aunt Beatrice's world, which Tee is obliged to accept when she wins a scholarship. Her initiation into the negro middle class is an uneasy one.

Crossroads in the Black Aegean

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Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191607606
Total Pages : 414 pages
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Book Synopsis Crossroads in the Black Aegean by : Barbara Goff

Download or read book Crossroads in the Black Aegean written by Barbara Goff and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2007-11-15 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crossroads in the Black Aegean is a compendious, timely, and fascinating study of African rewritings of Greek tragedy. It consists of detailed readings of six dramas and one epic poem, from different locations across the African diaspora. Barbara Goff and Michael Simpson ask why the plays of Sophocles' Theban Cycle figure so prominently among the tragedies adapted by dramatists of African descent, and how plays that dilate on the power of the past, in the inexorable curse of Oedipus and the regressive obsession of Antigone, can articulate the postcolonial moment. Capitalizing on classical reception studies, postcolonial studies, and comparative literature, Crossroads in the Black Aegean co-ordinates theory and theatre. It crucially investigates how the plays engage with the 'Western canon', and shows how they use their self-consciously literary status to assert, ironize, and challenge their own place, and that of the Greek originals, in relation to that tradition. Beyond these oedipal reflexes, the adaptations offer alternative African models of cultural transmission.

The English in the West Indies

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Publisher : New York : Charles Scribner's Sons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
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Book Synopsis The English in the West Indies by : James Anthony Froude

Download or read book The English in the West Indies written by James Anthony Froude and published by New York : Charles Scribner's Sons. This book was released on 1888 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Constantine XI Dragaš Palaeologus (1404–1453)

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351055402
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Book Synopsis Constantine XI Dragaš Palaeologus (1404–1453) by : Marios Philippides

Download or read book Constantine XI Dragaš Palaeologus (1404–1453) written by Marios Philippides and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Constantine XI’s last moments in life, as he stood before the walls of Constantinople in 1453, have bestowed a heroic status on him. This book produces a more balanced portrait of an intriguing individual: the last emperor of Constantinople. To be sure, the last of the Greek Caesars was a fascinating figure, not so much because he was a great statesman, as he was not, and not because of his military prowess, as he was neither a notable tactician nor a soldier of exceptional merit. This monarch may have formulated grandiose plans but his hopes and ambitions were ultimately doomed, because he failed to inspire his own subjects, who did not rally to his cause. Constantine lacked the skills to create, restore, or maintain harmony in his troubled realm. In addition, he was ineffective on the diplomatic front, as he proved unable to stimulate Latin Christendom to mount an expedition and come to the aid of south-eastern Orthodox Europe. Yet in sharp contrast to his numerous shortcomings, his military defeats, and the various disappointments during his reign, posterity still fondly remembers the last Constantine.

Inward Hunger

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Publisher : Markus Wiener Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781558763876
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (638 download)

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Book Synopsis Inward Hunger by : Eric Eustace Williams

Download or read book Inward Hunger written by Eric Eustace Williams and published by Markus Wiener Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the author, the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, was a lad, his country was a British Crown Colony, and its government offered one university scholarship a year to the entire population. Young Williams became an authority on West Indian history and founded the People's National Movement Party. This is an autobiography of the author.

Poems, Poets, Poetry

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Publisher : Bedford Books
ISBN 13 : 9781457652196
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (521 download)

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Book Synopsis Poems, Poets, Poetry by : A Kingsley Porter University Professor Helen Vendler

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Oceana, Or, England and Her Colonies

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108023908
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (8 download)

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Book Synopsis Oceana, Or, England and Her Colonies by : James Anthony Froude

Download or read book Oceana, Or, England and Her Colonies written by James Anthony Froude and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-12-09 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eminent Victorian historian reflects on the British Empire in the light of travels in South Africa and Australasia in 1886.

The Traveller's Tree

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Publisher : John Murray
ISBN 13 : 1848545460
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (485 download)

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Book Synopsis The Traveller's Tree by : Patrick Leigh Fermor

Download or read book The Traveller's Tree written by Patrick Leigh Fermor and published by John Murray. This book was released on 2010-10-10 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this, his first book, Patrick Leigh Fermor recounts his tales of a personal odyssey to the lands of the Traveller's Tree - a tall, straight-trunked tree whose sheath-like leaves collect copious amounts of water. He made his way through the long island chain of the West Indies by steamer, aeroplane and sailing ship, noting in his records of the voyage the minute details of daily life, of the natural surroundings and of the idiosyncratic and distinct civilisations he encountered amongst the Caribbean Islands. From the ghostly Ciboneys and the dying Caribs to the religious eccentricities like the Kingston Pocomaniacs and the Poor Whites in the Islands of the Saints, Patrick Leigh Fermor recreates a vivid world, rich and vigorous with life.

X/self

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Publisher : Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
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Book Synopsis X/self by : Kamau Brathwaite

Download or read book X/self written by Kamau Brathwaite and published by Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These poems trace Brathwaite's African/Caribbean ancestry. Gives the reader what is effectively an account of the African diaspora, in the language of a great poet.

Growing Up Stupid Under the Union Jack

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Publisher : Ian Randle Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9766371083
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (663 download)

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Book Synopsis Growing Up Stupid Under the Union Jack by : Austin Clarke

Download or read book Growing Up Stupid Under the Union Jack written by Austin Clarke and published by Ian Randle Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An autobiographical account of growing up in colonial Barbados during and after the Second World War.

In a Green Night

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 79 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (251 download)

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Book Synopsis In a Green Night by : Derek Walcott

Download or read book In a Green Night written by Derek Walcott and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Caribbean Poetics

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ISBN 13 : 9780521551250
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (512 download)

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Book Synopsis Caribbean Poetics by : Silvio Torres-Saillant

Download or read book Caribbean Poetics written by Silvio Torres-Saillant and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the literatures written in European languages in the West Indies with particular attention to Pedro Mir (Dominican Republic), Kamau Brathwaite (Barbados) and Rene Depestre (Haiti).

The Violins of Saint-Jacques

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Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1848545452
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (485 download)

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Book Synopsis The Violins of Saint-Jacques by : Patrick Leigh Fermor

Download or read book The Violins of Saint-Jacques written by Patrick Leigh Fermor and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2010-10-10 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On an Aegean island one summer, an English traveller meets an enigmatic elderly Frenchwoman. He is captivated by a painting she owns of a busy Caribbean port overlooked by a volcano, and, in time, she shares the story of her youth there in the early twentieth century. Set in the tropical luxury of the island of Saint-Jacques, hers is a tale of romantic intrigue and decadence amongst the descendents of slaves and a fading French aristocracy. But on the night of the annual Mardi Gras ball, catastrophe overwhelms the island and the world she knew came to an abrupt and haunting end. The Violins of Saint-Jacques captures the unforeseen drama of forces beyond human control. Originally published in 1953, it was immediately hailed as a rare and exotic sweep of colour across the drab monochrome of the post-war years, and it has lost nothing of its original flavour.

The Polished Hoe

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Publisher : Dundurn.com
ISBN 13 : 088762815X
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (876 download)

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Book Synopsis The Polished Hoe by : Austin Clarke

Download or read book The Polished Hoe written by Austin Clarke and published by Dundurn.com. This book was released on 2003-09-03 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2002 Scotiabank Giller Prize and of the 2003 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize: Best Book (Canada and the Caribbean) When an elderly Bimshire village woman calls the police to confess to a murder, the result is a shattering all-night vigil that brings together elements of the African diaspora in one epic sweep. Set on the post-colonial West Indian island of Bimshire in 1952, The Polished Hoe unravels over the course of 24 hours but spans the lifetime of one woman and the collective experience of a society informed by slavery. As the novel opens, Mary Mathilda is giving confession to Sargeant, a police officer she has known all her life. The man she claims to have murdered is Mr. Belfeels, the village plantation owner for whom she has worked for more than thirty years. Mary has also been Mr. Belfeels’ mistress for most of that time and is the mother of his only son, Wilberforce, a successful doctor. What transpires through Mary’s words and recollections is a deep meditation about the power of memory and the indomitable strength of the human spirit. Infused with Joycean overtones, this is a literary masterpiece that evokes the sensuality of the tropics and the tragic richness of Island culture.