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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463583503321

Autore

Hairston Eric Ashley

Titolo

The ebony column [[electronic resource] ] : classics, civilization, and the African American reclamation of the west / / Eric Ashley Hairston

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Knoxville, : University of Tennessee Press, c2013

ISBN

1-57233-984-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Collana

Classicism in American Culture

Disciplina

810.9/896073

Soggetti

American literature - African American authors - History and criticism

American literature - Classical influences

Classicism in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: A more than partial grace: a prolegomenon for African American experiences with the classics -- The trojan horse: Phillis Wheatley -- The virtuous voice of Frederick Douglass -- Sine qua non: the voice of Anna Julia Cooper -- Quo vadis? W. E. B. Du Bois and The souls of black folk -- Conclusion: The temple of Apollo.

Sommario/riassunto

""The Ebony Column  is superbly researched, skillfully utilizing primary and secondary sources and the most up-to-date scholarship. I was impressed by the amount of deep archival research that was conducted in order to complete this book." - Cedrick May, author of Evangelism and Resistance in the Black Atlantic, 1760-1835     In The Ebony Column, Eric Ashley Hairston begins a new thread in the ongoing conversation about the influence of Greek and Roman antiquity on U.S. civilization and education. While that discussion has yielded many exceptional insights int