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3. The Making of the Talented Tenth

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© 2019 University of Chicago Press

© 2019 University of Chicago Press

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Introduction 1
  4. 1. The Leisure Moments of Phillis Wheatley 7
  5. 2. Frederick Douglass and The Columbian Orator 49
  6. 3. The Making of the Talented Tenth 93
  7. 4. Genteel Classicism 125
  8. 5. Invisible Odyssey 155
  9. 6. The Pindar of Harlem 207
  10. 7. It Is Impossible Not to Write Satire 261
  11. 8. Rita Dove and the Greeks 311
  12. Notes 377
  13. Bibliography 417
  14. Index 435
African American Writers and Classical Tradition
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https://doi.org/10.7208/9780226789989-004

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Introduction 1
  4. 1. The Leisure Moments of Phillis Wheatley 7
  5. 2. Frederick Douglass and The Columbian Orator 49
  6. 3. The Making of the Talented Tenth 93
  7. 4. Genteel Classicism 125
  8. 5. Invisible Odyssey 155
  9. 6. The Pindar of Harlem 207
  10. 7. It Is Impossible Not to Write Satire 261
  11. 8. Rita Dove and the Greeks 311
  12. Notes 377
  13. Bibliography 417
  14. Index 435
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