Crossroads in the Black Aegean

Crossroads in the Black Aegean
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 414
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ISBN-10 : 9780199217182
ISBN-13 : 0199217181
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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 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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