Reading Africa Into American Literature: Epics, Fables, and Gothic Tales

by Keith Cartwright

Book Overview

" The literature often considered the most American is rooted not only in European and Western culture but also in African and American Creole cultures. Keith Cartwright places the literary texts of such noted authors as George Washington Cable, W.E.B. DuBois, Alex Haley, Zora Neale Hurston, Ralph Ellison, William Faulkner, Joel Chandler Harris, Herman Melville, Toni Morrison, and many others in the context of the history, spiritual traditions, folklore,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813190894
• ISBN13: 9780813190891
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher