Bibliograph

African American writers and classical tradition, William W. Cook and James Tatum

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African American writers and classical tradition, William W. Cook and James Tatum

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 417-433) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

African American writers and classical tradition

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

433551588

Responsibility statement

William W. Cook and James Tatum

Summary

The authors argue that African American literature did not develop apart from the canonical Western literary traditions but instead grew out of those literatures, even as it adapted and transformed the cultural traditions and religions of Africa and the African diaspora along the way. They trace the interaction between African American writers and the literatures of ancient Greece and Rome, from the time of slavery and its aftermath to the civil rights era through the present

Table Of Contents

The leisure moments of Phillis Wheatley -- Frederick Douglass and the Columbian orator -- The making of the talented tenth -- Genteel classicism -- Invisible odyssey -- The Pindar of Harlem -- It is impossible not to write satire -- Rita Dove and the Greeks

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