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Ulysses in Black: Ralph Ellison, Classicism, and African American Literature

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In this groundbreaking work, Patrice D. Rankine asserts that the classics need not be a mark of Eurocentrism, as they have long been considered. Instead, the classical tradition can be part of a self-conscious, prideful approach to African American culture, esthetics, and identity. Ulysses in Black demonstrates that, similar to their white counterparts, African American authors have been students of classical languages, literature, and mythologies by such writers as Homer, Euripides, and Seneca.

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Ulysses in Black: Ralph Ellison, Classicism, and African American Literature 2008, University of Wisconsin Press, Wisconsin

ISBN-13: 9780299220044

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Ulysses in Black: Ralph Ellison, Classicism, and African American Literature 2006, University of Wisconsin Press

ISBN-13: 9780299220006

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