African American Writers and Classical Tradition

Zusammenfassung Constraints on freedom, education, and individual dignity have always been fundamental in determining who is able to write, when, and where. This title argues that African American literature did not develop apart from canonical Western literary traditions but instead grew out of those literatures.

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• Authors: William W. Cook, William W. Tatum Cook, William Wesley Cook, William/ Tatum Cook, COOK WILLIAM W TATUM JAMES, Cook William W., JAMES TATUM, Tatum James
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2010
• EAN: 9780226789965
• ISBN: 978-0-226-78996-5
• No. of pages: 464
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; USA, Ethnic Studies, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General