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

"This book seeks to explain the prominence of Sophocles' Theban plays among those Greek tragedies adapted by dramatists across the African diaspora. It argues that the Theban plays reflect on three themes which have become crucial in the postcolonial context: identity, the grounding of civ...

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