N. Gregson Davis, Professor Emeritus of Classical Studies and Interim Chair of Romance Studies

N. Gregson Davis

My primary field of research in Classical Studies is ancient Greek and Latin poetry, and the focus of my published work is on the interpretation of the poetry of the major Augustan poets, Horace, Vergil and Ovid. I also pursue research in contemporary Caribbean Literature, with special emphasis on the Francophone and Anglophone literary traditions (particularly the poetry of the Martinican, Aimé Césaire, and the St.Lucian, Derek Walcott). My current work explores the interconnections between philosophy (especially ethics) and poetry in Augustan literature.

Office Location:  233G Allen Building, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone:  (919) 684-3779
Email Address: send me a message
Web Page:  http://www.duke.edu/web/classics/~gdav

Teaching (Fall 2022):

Office Hours:

W 4:30 to 5:30 PM
Office Location Allen 233E
Education:

Ph.D.University of California - Berkeley1969
B.A. Harvard University1960
Research Interests:

Greek and Latin Poetry; francophone and anglophone Caribbean Literature; rhetoric; semiotics; pragmatics; reception of Classics in Caribbean literature

Keywords:

Caribbean literature (English) • Caribbean literature (French) • Latin literature • Martinican literature (French)

Current Ph.D. Students  

Recent Publications

  1. Euphrosyne, edited by Davis, G; Burian, P; Clay, JS, Beiträge Zur Altertumskunde, vol. 370 (2020), de Gruyter
  2. Crichlow, MA; Davis, G, Introduction, South Atlantic Quarterly, vol. 115 no. 3 (July, 2016), pp. 437-440, Duke University Press [doi]
  3. Davis, G, Forging a caribbean literary style: Vulgar eloquence and the language of césaire's cahier d'un retour au pays natal, South Atlantic Quarterly, vol. 115 no. 3 (July, 2016), pp. 457-467, Duke University Press [doi]
  4. Davis, G, Journal of a Homecoming, in Cahier d'un retour au pays natal by Aimé Césaire (2016), Duke University Press (translated by Davis, G.)  [abs]
  5. Davis, G, Aimé Césaire, in Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro-Latin American Biography (2015)