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Captain Cook in the Underworld

By Robert Sullivan

Book information

Publisher
Auckland University Press
Year
2003
ISBN
9781869402815, 1869402812
Open Library ID
OL22487862M
Language
english
Format
RAR
Filesize
5 MB (5071324 bytes)
Pages
64\0
Library
avaxhome.ws
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46

Description

Originally commissioned as the libretto for a work by composer John Psathas for the 50th birthday celebration of the Orpheus Choir, this book-length poem offers fresh perspectives on the familiar story of Cook's Pacific explorations. Employing a broad bicultural approach to reinterpret the Orpheus myth for the South Pacific, Sullivan uses a wide range of styles--from 18th-century dialogue to 21st-century hip hop cadences--to create a revisionist Cook who must accept responsibility for the damage his expeditions have inflicted on the indigenous peoples of the Pacific.

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