Ulysses in Black - Ralph Ellison, Classicism, and African American Literature

Informationen zum Autor Patrice D. Rankine is associate professor of classics and director of the Interdisciplinary Program in Classics at Purdue University. Klappentext In this groundbreaking work! Patrice D. Rankine asserts that the classics need not be a mark of Eurocentrism! as they have long been considered. Instead! the classical tradition can be part of a self-conscious! prideful approach to African American culture! esthetics! and identity. "Ulysses in Black" demonstrates that! similar to their white counterparts! African American authors have been students of classical languages! literature! and mythologies by such writers as Homer! Euripides! and Seneca. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Patrice D Rankine, Patrice D. Rankine
• Publisher: The University of Wisconsin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.03.2008
• EAN: 9780299220044
• ISBN: 978-0-299-22004-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Wisconsin Studies in Classics; Wisconsin Studies in Classics
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies