{"product_id":"derek-walcott-and-the-creation-of-a-classical-caribbean-hardcover","title":"Derek Walcott and the Creation of a Classical Caribbean - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJustine McConnell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLaura Jansen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout his career, Derek Walcott turned to the literature and cultures of ancient Greece and Rome. His book-length poem recasting the epics of Homer, Virgil and Dante in St Lucia is best-known in this regard, yet \u003ci\u003eOmeros\u003c\/i\u003e is only the pinnacle of a lengthy and lively dialogue that Walcott developed between the ancient Mediterranean and the modern Caribbean. \u003ci\u003eDerek Walcott and the Creation of a Classical Caribbean\u003c\/i\u003e explores how, in developing that discourse between ancient and modern, between Europe and the Caribbean, Walcott refuted the suggestion that to engage with literature from elsewhere was to lack originality; instead, he asserted a place for Caribbean art in a global, transhistorical canon. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing on Walcott's own theoretical concerns, this book explores his engagement with Graeco-Roman antiquity from three key perspectives. Firstly, that a perception of time as linear must be coupled with an understanding of it as simultaneous, thereby doing away with the oppressive power of history and confirming the 'New World' on a par with the 'Old'. Secondly, that syncretism lies at the heart of Caribbean life and art, with influences from Africa, Asia, and Europe constituting key parts of Caribbean identity alongside its indigenous cultures. Thirdly, that Caribbean literature creates the world anew without erasing the past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With these three postcolonial conceptions at the heart of his engagement with ancient Greece and Rome, Walcott revealed the reasons why classical reception has been a rich facet of Caribbean artistry.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJustine Mc\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eConnell\u003c\/b\u003e is Reader in Comparative Literature and Classical Reception at King's College London, UK. She is author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Odysseys: The Homeric Odyssey in the African Diaspora since 1939\u003c\/i\u003e (2013) and, with Fiona Macintosh, \u003ci\u003ePerforming Epic or Telling Tales\u003c\/i\u003e (2020), and has co-edited four books on the reception of Graeco-Roman antiquity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750604538144,"sku":"9781474291521","price":198.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0a4226d33a513b12860f6b63a5ef2148.webp?v=1779954466","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/derek-walcott-and-the-creation-of-a-classical-caribbean-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}