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Autore |
Hairston Eric Ashley |
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Titolo |
The ebony column [[electronic resource] ] : classics, civilization, and the African American reclamation of the west / / Eric Ashley Hairston |
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Knoxville, : University of Tennessee Press, c2013 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (281 p.) |
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Collana |
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Classicism in American Culture |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American literature - African American authors - History and criticism |
American literature - Classical influences |
Classicism in literature |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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""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 |
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