DEREK WALCOTI'S OMEROS AND THE CLASSICS

  • Richard Whitaker University of Cape Town

Abstract

The Greek classics served the Italian, French, and English humanists without the troublesome interposition of actual Greeks. Texts by dead people were read, appreciat~, and appropriated by people who imagined an ideal commonwealth ... In modem times, however, thinking about cultural exchange involves thinking about domination and forcible appropriation: someone loses, someone gains. (Edward Said 1994:235)
Published
2014-03-30
How to Cite
Whitaker, R. (2014). DEREK WALCOTI’S OMEROS AND THE CLASSICS. Akroterion, 41(1-2). https://doi.org/10.7445/41-1-2-218
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