| Description |
454 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
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American literature -- African American authors. |
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American literature -- Classical influences.
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American literature -- Classical influences. |
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American literature. |
| Added Author |
Tatum, James.
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| ISBN |
9780226789965 cloth alkaline paper |
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0226789969 cloth alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
40017785299 |
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