Crossroads in the Black Aegean

Author	: Barbara Goff
Publisher	: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages	: 414
Release	: 2007-11-15
ISBN-10	: 9780199217182
ISBN-13	: 0199217181
Rating	: 4/5 (181 Downloads)

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Download or read book Crossroads in the Black Aegean written by Barbara Goff and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007-11-15 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of African rewritings of Greek tragedy, this title asks 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 can articulate the postcolonial moment.

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