Empire of Ruin: Black Classicism and American Imperial Culture

ISBN-13: 9780197635100 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 248 str.

Assistant Profess John Levi (Assistant Professor of English

Recenzje

This lucid and deeply learned book forces us to reconsider the cultural work of classicism; it also announces the arrival of an important new critic. Working across centuries, cultures, and canons, John Levi Barnard offers a series of bravura readings that grant coherence and urgency to a heretofore understudied African American cultural tradition. Barnard's deft discussion of Phillis Wheatley, Charles Chesnutt, and Kara Walker, among others, reveals their withering critiques of American imperialism and white supremacist idealogy.

O autorze

John Levi Barnard is an Associate Professor of English and Comparative and World Literature at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.