Crossroads in the Black Aegean : Oedipus, Antigone, and dramas of the African diaspora

Crossroads in the Black Aegean : Oedipus, Antigone, and dramas of the African diaspora / Barbara Goff and Michael Simpson.

This work is a 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. The authors ask why the plays of Sophocles' Theban Cycle figure so prominently among the tragedies adapted by dram...

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Main Author: Goff, Barbara E.
Other Authors: Simpson, Michael, 1934-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Series:Classical presences.
Subjects:
Sophocles > Influence.
Sophocles
African drama (English) > History and criticism.
African drama (English) > Classical influences.
African diaspora in literature.
African diaspora in literature
African drama (English)
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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