African American writers and classical tradition
By: William W. Cook and James Tatum.
Contributors: Tatum, James.
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780226789965
Subjects: American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism; American literature -- Classical influences
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The leisure moments of Phillis Wheatley; title: Frederick Douglass and the Columbian orator; title: The making of the talented tenth; title: Genteel classicism; title: Invisible odyssey; title: The Pindar of Harlem; title: It is impossible not to write satire; title: Rita Dove and the Greeks.