LEADER 03947nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910792346703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-53867-5 010 $a9786612538674 010 $a0-226-78998-5 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226789989 035 $a(CKB)2670000000015061 035 $a(EBL)515728 035 $a(OCoLC)609863517 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000356381 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12134872 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000356381 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10349591 035 $a(PQKB)11775169 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC515728 035 $a(DE-B1597)523817 035 $a(OCoLC)1135585713 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226789989 035 $a(PPN)174747144 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000015061 100 $a20090821d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|nu---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAfrican American writers and classical tradition$b[electronic resource] /$fWilliam W. Cook & James Tatum 210 $aChicago ;$aLondon $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (466 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-78996-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction --$t1. The Leisure Moments of Phillis Wheatley --$t2. Frederick Douglass and The Columbian Orator --$t3. The Making of the Talented Tenth --$t4. Genteel Classicism --$t5. Invisible Odyssey --$t6. The Pindar of Harlem --$t7. It Is Impossible Not to Write Satire --$t8. Rita Dove and the Greeks --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aConstraints on freedom, education, and individual dignity have always been fundamental in determining who is able to write, when, and where. Considering the singular experience of the African American writer, William W. Cook and James Tatum here argue that African American literature did not develop apart from 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. Tracing 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 and on into the present, the authors offer a sustained and lively discussion of the life and work of Phillis Wheatley, Frederick Douglass, Ralph Ellison, and Rita Dove, among other highly acclaimed poets, novelists, and scholars. Assembling this brilliant and diverse group of African American writers at a moment when our understanding of classical literature is ripe for change, the authors paint an unforgettable portrait of our own reception of "classic" writing, especially as it was inflected by American racial politics. 606 $aAmerican literature$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican literature$xClassical influences 610 $aafrican american literature, literary criticism, education, dignity, identity, cultural traditions, western lit, religion, diaspora, africa, ancient greece, rome, slavery, civil rights era, jim crow, phillis wheatley, frederick douglass, ralph ellison, rita dove, poets, poetry, famous novelists, black scholars, racial politics, classical influences, leisure moments, genteel classicism, harlem, satire. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xClassical influences. 676 $a810.9/896073 700 $aCook$b William W$g(William Wilburt)$01550879 701 $aTatum$b James$0287061 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792346703321 996 $aAfrican American writers and classical tradition$93810083 997 $aUNINA