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Hellenism and the Postcolonial Imagination
Martin McKinse
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Description for Hellenism and the Postcolonial Imagination
Hardback. Num Pages: 223 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DCF; DSB; DSC; DSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
This book follows the careers of three major poets of the European and North American periphery as they engage one of the master tropes of Western civilization. As colonial subjects, they inherited an Anglicized version of Hellenism whose borders might easily have excluded them as civilizational 'others.' The book describes the diverse strategies they used — from Bloomian kenosis to Afro-Caribbean 'signifyin(g)' — to make Hellenism their own.
This book follows the careers of three major poets of the European and North American periphery as they engage one of the master tropes of Western civilization. As colonial subjects, they inherited an Anglicized version of Hellenism whose borders might easily have excluded them as civilizational 'others.' The book describes the diverse strategies they used — from Bloomian kenosis to Afro-Caribbean 'signifyin(g)' — to make Hellenism their own.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
Number of Pages
223
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611474824
SKU
V9781611474824
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About Martin McKinse
Martin McKinsey is associate professor of English at the University of New Hampshire. He has a PhD in literature from the University of Virginia and an MA in Creative Writing from Syracuse University. His articles on modern poetry have appeared in journals like Ariel, Callaloo, Twentieth Century Literature, and Yale Journal of Criticism. He is a prize-winning translator from modern ... Read more
Reviews for Hellenism and the Postcolonial Imagination
Martin McKinsey's Hellenism and the Postcolonial Imagination is an energetic comparative reading of three very different poets, each occupying a peculiar position with respect to the cultural and political center of the British Empire.
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