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  • Chapter 6 - Early Caribbean Poetry and the Modern Reader

  • from Part I - Literary and Generic Transitions
  • Edited by Evelyn O'Callaghan, University of the West Indies, Tim Watson, University of Miami
  • Book:
    Caribbean Literature in Transition, 1800–1920
    Published online:
    16 December 2020
    Print publication:
    14 January 2021, pp 101-118

  • Summary

    This essay emphasizes the considerable volume of literature, especially poetry, written and/or printed and published in the Caribbean, or published elsewhere by writers with a significant connection to the region by birth or residence, from the later seventeenth century to the early twentieth. It argues that seeing the Caribbean as part of a pan-Atlantic literary sphere enables a better understanding of these works. What Kamau Brathwaite called ‘the tyranny of the model’, and the dichotomy between conventional poetic diction and Caribbean vernaculars is explored, and the role of Latin verse as cultural capital is noted. While it is acknowledged that most of this material is the poetry of an educated elite, directly or indirectly involved in maintaining slavery and the plantation system, and that, as such, it will seem problematic to modern readers, it is suggested that it nevertheless offers a useful field of research to the cultural historian.

  • Reframing Julius’ Kindness (Acts 27) as an Extension of Luke's Socratic Characterisation of Paul

  • Michael Kochenash
  • Journal:
    New Testament Studies / Volume 67 / Issue 1 / January 2021
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    15 December 2020, pp. 73-84
    Print publication:
    January 2021

  • The Acts narrative's characterisation of Julius evokes the circumstances of Socrates, specifically the end of his life, at which point his prison guard – who exhibits a fondness for Socrates – allows his friends to visit and care for him. The credibility of this reading is strengthened by situating Acts 27 amid other Socratic characterisations of Paul in Acts 17–26, 28. By understanding Julius’ characterisation in this way, readers can regard Paul as a Socratic figure even during his sea voyage and shipwreck. This reading is more credible than others that attribute the characterisation of Julius to the narrative's positive disposition towards centurions.