Demonstrates that, similar to their white counterparts, African American authors - including Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison and Countee Cullen - have been students of classical languages, literature, and mythologies by such writers as Homer, Euripides, and Seneca.
This study of black classicism becomes an exploration of America's cultural integrity.
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press Author(s): Patrice D.
Rankine Number of pages: 272 Collection: Wisconsin Studies in Classics Publication date: 2008 Cover type: Paperback / softback.
Publisher | University of |
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Author(s) | Patrice |
Number of pages | 272 |
Collection | Wisconsin |
Publication date | 2008 |
Cover type | Paperback softback |