African American writers and classical tradition /

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Constraints on freedom, education, and individual dignity have always been fundamental in determining who is able to write, when, and where. This title argues that African American literature did not develop apart from canonical Western literary traditions but instead grew out of those literatures.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cook, William W. (William Wilburt)
Other Authors: Tatum, James
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010.
Subjects:
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
American literature > Classical influences.
Littérature américaine > Influence ancienne.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature > African American authors.
Antike
Literatur
Rezeption
Schwarze
Bellettrie.
Amerikaans.
Zwarten.
Klassieke oudheid.
Griechische Literatur > Rezeption.
Lateinische Literatur > Rezeption.
Literatur > USA > Afroamerikanische Autoren > Quellen und Vorbilder.
littérature afro-américaine > littérature grecque antique > influence exercée > Etats-Unis > études diverses.
littérature afro-américaine > littérature latine > influence exercée > Etats-Unis > études diverses.
USA.
Schwarze.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Authors' presentation copies (Provenance)
Online Access:Texto completo
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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