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Crossroads in the Black Aegean (Classical Presences)
Oedipus, Antigone, and Dramas of the African Diaspora
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This is a fascinating study of African rewritings of Greek tragedy. The authors ask why the plays of Sophocles' Theban Cycle are so often 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.
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exemplary work... The authors explore in detail why the particular myths of their title have been taken up in postcolonial contexts| Title | Crossroads in the Black Aegean (Classical Presences) |
| By (author) | Barbara Goff, Michael Simpson |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Language of text | English |
| ISBN | 9780199217182 |
| Product Form | Hardback |
| Height | 242 mm |
| Width | 163 mm |
| Thickness | 27 mm |
| Unit weight | 1 gr |