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100 1 a| Walters, Tracey Lorraine.=| ^A757438;

245 10 a| African American literature and the classicist tradition :b| Black women writers from Wheatley to Morrison /c| Tracey L. Walters.;

250 a| 1st ed.;

260 a| New York :b| Palgrave MacMillan,c| 2007.;

300 a| 197 pages ;c| 22 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-194) and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction: writing the classical Black: the poetic and political function of African American women's classical revision -- Historical overview of ancient and contemporary representation of classical mythology -- Classical discourse as political agency: African American revisionist mythmaking by Phillis Wheatley, Henrietta Cordelia Ray, and Pauline Hopkins -- Gwendolyn Brooks' racialization of the Persephone and Demeter myth in "the Anniad" and "in The Mecca" -- The destruction and reconstruction of classical and cultural myth in Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon, Beloved and The Bluest Eye -- A universal approach to classical mythology: Rita Dove's The Darker Face of the Earth and Mother Love.;

650 0 a| American literaturex| African American authorsx| Classical influences.=| ^A19481;

650 0 a| American literaturex| Women authorsx| History and criticism.=| ^A50832;

650 0 a| Mythology in literature.=| ^A29163;

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African American literature and the classicist tradition : Black women writers from Wheatley to Morrison / Tracey L. Walters.

Author/creator	Walters, Tracey Lorraine
Format	Book
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	New York : Palgrave MacMillan, 2007.
Description	197 pages ; 22 cm
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Subjects	American literature--African American authors. --Classical influences. American literature--Women authors. --History and criticism. Mythology in literature.

Contents	Introduction: writing the classical Black: the poetic and political function of African American women's classical revision -- Historical overview of ancient and contemporary representation of classical mythology -- Classical discourse as political agency: African American revisionist mythmaking by Phillis Wheatley, Henrietta Cordelia Ray, and Pauline Hopkins -- Gwendolyn Brooks' racialization of the Persephone and Demeter myth in "the Anniad" and "in The Mecca" -- The destruction and reconstruction of classical and cultural myth in Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon, Beloved and The Bluest Eye -- A universal approach to classical mythology: Rita Dove's The Darker Face of the Earth and Mother Love.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-194) and index.
LCCN	2007011353
ISBN	0230600220 (hbk)
ISBN	9780230600225 (hbk)

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