作品情報

古典は、黒人文学の外側にあるのではない。

アフリカ系アメリカ文学が西洋古典から切り離されて成立したのではないことを、具体的な作家とテクストで示す。学術的だが読みやすい構成の研究書。

書籍情報

出版社

Univ of Chicago Pr

発売日

2010-04-01

ページ数

454ページ

言語

英語

サイズ

15.24 x 3.05 x 22.86 cm

ISBN-13

9780226789965

ISBN-10

0226789969

価格

21458 JPY

カテゴリ

洋書/Politics & Social Sciences/Social Sciences/Specific Demographics/Ethnic Studies

Constraints on freedom, education, and individual dignity have always been fundamental in determining who is able to write, when, and where. Considering the singular experience of the African American writer, William W. Cook and James Tatum here argue that African American literature did not develop apart from canonical Western literary traditions but instead grew out of those literatures, even as it adapted and transformed the cultural traditions and religions of Africa and the African diaspora along the way.Tracing the interaction between African American writers and the literatures of ancient Greece and Rome, from the time of slavery and its aftermath to the civil rights era and on into the present, the authors offer a sustained and lively discussion of the life and work of Phillis Wheatley, Frederick Douglass, Ralph Ellison, and Rita Dove, among other highly acclaimed poets, novelists, and scholars. Assembling this brilliant and diverse group of African American writers at a moment when our understanding of classical literature is ripe for change, the authors paint an unforgettable portrait of our own reception of &;classic&; writing, especially as it was inflected by American racial politics.

William W. Cook is professor emeritus of English and African and African American studies at Dartmouth. James Tatum is professor emeritus of classics at Dartmouth. They are both the authors of numerous previous volumes.

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