African American writers and classical tradition / William W. Cook and James Tatum.

African American writers and classical tradition / William W. Cook and James Tatum.

9780226789965 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226789969 (cloth : alk. paper)

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2010.

English

454 p. ; 24 cm.

40017785299

810.9896073 C771a 2010

(OCoLC)433551588
(OCoLC)433551588

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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