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Hacking Classical Forms in Haitian Literature

Hacking Classical Forms in Haitian Literature

Hawkins, Tom

Paperback

Series: Classics and the Postcolonial

Literary CriticismAncient History General

ISBN10: 1032310065
ISBN13: 9781032310060
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jan 30 2025
Pages: 264
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.59 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This is the first book to study how Haitian authors - from independence in 1804 to the modern Haitian diaspora - have adapted Greco-Roman material and harnessed it to Haiti's legacy as the world's first anti-colonial nation-state.

In nine chronologically organized chapters built around individual Haitian authors, Hawkins takes readers on a journey through one strand of Haitian literary history that draws on material from ancient Greece and Rome. This cross-disciplinary exploration is composed in a way that invites all readers to discover a rich and exciting cultural exchange that foregrounds the variety of ways that Haitian authors have 'hacked classical forms' as part of their creative process. Students of ancient Mediterranean cultures will learn about a branch of the Greco-Roman legacy that has never been deeply explored. Experts in Caribbean culture will find a robust register of Haitian literature that will enrich familiar texts. And those interested in anti-colonial movements will encounter a host of examples of artists creatively engaging with literary monuments from the past in ways that always keep the Haitian experience in central focus.

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