Hacking Classical Forms in Haitian Literature

This is the first book to study how Haitian authors from independence to the present have adapted Greco-Roman material and harnessed it to Haiti's anti-colonial legacy. This fascinating study appeals to anyone interested in Haiti, Haitian literature and history, anti-colonial literature, or classical reception studies.

About the author

Tom Hawkins, Associate Professor of Classics at Ohio State University (U.S.A), specializes in Greek literature and its legacies. He wrote Iambic Poetics in the Roman Empire, serves on the Advisory Board of Eos, and is the faculty mentor for Black Students in Classics.

Product details

• Authors: Hawkins Tom, Tom (The Ohio State University Hawkins
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 30.01.2025
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography
• EAN: 9781032310060
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3231006-0
• Pages: 264
• Series: Classics and the Postcolonial
• Subjects: HISTORY / Ancient / General, Ancient Greece, Caribbean islands, Duvalier, Classical texts, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Ancient Rome, Creon, Regional Studies, Literature: history & criticism, Ancient History, Regional / International studies, Classical history / classical civilisation, History of the Americas, Literature: history and criticism, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Ancient, classical and medieval texts, Declaration of Independence, jean jacques dessalines, Félix, human suffering, papa doc, Young Man, Classical reception studies, Haitian revolution, edwidge danticat, Victor Schoelcher, Haitian history, Haitian literature, Greco Roman Antiquity, postcolonial adaptation, anti-colonial literary analysis, comparative literature methodology, Greco-Roman influence, Caribbean intellectual history, ancient texts in Haitian context, creole literature, Tonton Macoute, Danticat’s Oeuvre, jean price mars, 8th Century Bce, Greco Roman Past, Baby Doc, Le Cri, Ainsi Parla