African American writers and classical tradition

Publication Data

• Title African American writers and classical tradition
• Author William W. Cook
• Contributor James Tatum
• Publisher University of Chicago Press
• Publication date 2010
• Publication location Chicago, Ill.
• Language English

Contents

The leisure moments of Phillis Wheatley
Frederick Douglass and the Columbian orator
The making of the talented tenth
Genteel classicism
Invisible odyssey
The Pindar of Harlem
It is impossible not to write satire
Rita Dove and the Greeks.

Topics

• American literature :: African American authors :: History and criticism
• 015530571

African American writers and classical tradition by William W. Cook. ISBN 9780226789965. Published by University of Chicago Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.