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Call and Response the Riverside Anthology of the African American Literary Tradition

Hardcover • 1997 • English

Call and Response the Riverside Anthology of the African American Literary Tradition

By Patricia Liggins Hill

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About the book

More than a decade in the making, Call and Response is a ground-breaking anthology of African American literature, unique in its placing equal emphasis on the written and the oral dimensions of the black aesthetic. It traces the centuries-long emergence of this distinct literary tradition from its earliest roots in African proverbs, folk-tales, and chants to its latest flowering in the works of such writers as Rita Dove, August Wilson, and Terry McMillan. Here, in 2,000 pages and 550 selections,...Show more

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ISBN

9780395809617

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin

Published year

1997

Language

English

Original title

Call and Response the Riverside Anthology of the African American Literary Tradition

Format

Hardcover

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