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

250 a| 1st ed.;

260 a| New York :b| Palgrave MacMillan,;

300 a| 197 p. ;c| 22 cm.;

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.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

538 a| Mode of access: World Wide Web;

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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	Electronic
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	New York : Palgrave MacMillan,
Description	197 p. ; 22 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Springer Books
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.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2007011353
ISBN	0230600220 (hbk)
ISBN	9780230600225 (hbk)

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