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Call & Response : The Riverside Anthology of the African American Literary Tradition - Softcover

Hill, Patricia Liggins

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9780395809624: Call & Response : The Riverside Anthology of the African American Literary Tradition
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ISBN 10: 0395809622 ISBN 13: 9780395809624
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin College Div, 1998

Synopsis

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, folktales, 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, is (in the words of Richard Wright) the "long black song" of African American life, sung in a great choir of voices, from the slaves of the 1600s to the rap artists, orators, novelists, and poets of today.

Among the works included are Frederick Douglass's Life and Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye--both presented complete and unabridged. Here too are hundreds of spirituals and work songs, jazz and blues lyrics, poems, plays, stories, and speeches. An audio CD, produced in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution, features many of the texts as spoken or sung by their creators.

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About the Author

Hill is professor of English at the University of San Francisco.

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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin College Div
Publication date
1998
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0395809622
ISBN 13 
9780395809624
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
2039
Rating
  • 4.49 out of 5 stars
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