This is the first book to study how Haitian authors from independence to the present have adapted Greco-Roman material and harnessed it to Haitiâ s anti-colonial legacy. This fascinating study appeals to anyone interested in Haiti, Haitian literature and history, anti-colonial literature, or classical reception studies.
This is the first book to study how Haitian authors from independence to the present have adapted Greco-Roman material and harnessed it to Haitiâ s anti-colonial legacy. This fascinating study appeals to anyone interested in Haiti, Haitian literature and history, anti-colonial literature, or classical reception studies.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Tom Hawkins, Associate Professor of Classics at Ohio State University (U.S.A), specializes in Greek literature and its legacies. He wrote Iambic Poetics in the Roman Empire, serves on the Advisory Board of Eos, and is the faculty mentor for Black Students in Classics.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Historical Segue 1: 1804-1822: Saturn's Children 1. 'We are all Greeks': President Boyer's Letter to Greek Revolutionaries (1822) 2. The 'Lake of Lies': Émeric Bergeaud's Stella (1859) 3. On Haiti and Black Egypt: Anténor Firmin's De l'Égalité des Races Humaines (1885) Historical Segue 2: From 19th c. Nationalism to 20th c. Populism 4. A jumble of names: Fernand Hibbert's Romulus (1908) 5. Cleopatras and Sapphos of the Haitian Countryside: Jean Price-Mars, Ansi Parla l'Oncle (1928) 6. Sophocles becomes a Haitian Writer: Félix Morisseau-Leroy, Antigòn en Creole (1953) Historical Segue 3: Duvalierism and the Haitian Diaspora 7. Antigòn in West Africa: Morisseau-Leroy's Wa Kreyon 8. 'As though Picasso were Tagging with Spraypaint': Dany Laferrière's Le cri des oiseaux fous 9. Edwidge Danticat and the Revolt against Silence - with Julia Nelson Hawkins Coda.
Introduction Historical Segue 1: 1804-1822: Saturn's Children 1. 'We are all Greeks': President Boyer's Letter to Greek Revolutionaries (1822) 2. The 'Lake of Lies': Émeric Bergeaud's Stella (1859) 3. On Haiti and Black Egypt: Anténor Firmin's De l'Égalité des Races Humaines (1885) Historical Segue 2: From 19th c. Nationalism to 20th c. Populism 4. A jumble of names: Fernand Hibbert's Romulus (1908) 5. Cleopatras and Sapphos of the Haitian Countryside: Jean Price-Mars, Ansi Parla l'Oncle (1928) 6. Sophocles becomes a Haitian Writer: Félix Morisseau-Leroy, Antigòn en Creole (1953) Historical Segue 3: Duvalierism and the Haitian Diaspora 7. Antigòn in West Africa: Morisseau-Leroy's Wa Kreyon 8. 'As though Picasso were Tagging with Spraypaint': Dany Laferrière's Le cri des oiseaux fous 9. Edwidge Danticat and the Revolt against Silence - with Julia Nelson Hawkins Coda.
Es gelten unsere Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen: www.buecher.de/agb
Impressum
www.buecher.de ist ein Internetauftritt der buecher.de internetstores GmbH
Geschäftsführung: Monica Sawhney | Roland Kölbl | Günter Hilger
Sitz der Gesellschaft: Batheyer Straße 115 - 117, 58099 Hagen
Postanschrift: Bürgermeister-Wegele-Str. 12, 86167 Augsburg
Amtsgericht Hagen HRB 13257
Steuernummer: 321/5800/1497
USt-IdNr: DE450055826