African American writers and classical tradition [electronic resource] / William W. Cook & James Tatum.

African American writers and classical tradition [electronic resource] / William W. Cook & James Tatum.

9780226789989 (electronic book)
9780226789965
0226789969

Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2010.

English

1 online resource (454 pages)

PS153.N5 C665 2010eb

810.9/896073

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.

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

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