Call and Response: The Riverside Anthology of the African American Literary Tradition - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395884047 ISBN 13: 9780395884041

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin College Div, 1998

Synopsis

This comprehensive, chronological anthology of African and African American literature asserts that there is a distinctly black literary and cultural aesthetic, one that originated in the oral traditions of Africa and was kept alive during the American slavery experience. This text represents the centuries-long emergence of this aesthetic in poetry, fiction, drama, essays, speeches, sermons, criticism, journals, and the full range of song lyrics from the spiritual to rap.

• Produced in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution, the audio CD is a one-of-a-kind collection of many of the poems, chants, and songs included in the book.

About this title

About the Author

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

Edition details

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin College Div
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0395884047
• ISBN 13: 9780395884041
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 2039
• Editor: Liggins Hill Patricia, Bell Bernard W., Harris Trudier, Harris William J., Miller R. Baxter, O'Neale Sondra A.