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Author:

Barnard, John Levi, author.

Title:

Empire of ruin : black classicism and American imperial culture / John Levi Barnard.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xi, 233 pages ; 25 cm

Subject:

American literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Classicism in literature.
Imperialism in literature.
Slavery in literature.
African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Black classicism in the American empire -- Phillis Wheatley and the affairs of state -- In plain sight: slavery and the architecture of democracy -- Ancient history, American time: Charles Chesnutt and the sites of memory -- Crumbling into dust: conjure and the ruins of empire -- National monuments and the residue of history.

ISBN:

0190663596
9780190663599

OCLC:

(OCoLC)983824651

LCCN:

2017017347

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)