Strangers in a Familiar Land: The Medieval and African-American Literary Tradition
- Author / Editor
- Vernon, Matthew Xavier.
Strangers in a Familiar Land: The Medieval and African-American Literary Tradition
- Published
- DAI A72.10 (2012): n.p.
- Description
- Suggests parallels between medieval literature and African-American literature, with particular attention to Layamon and August Wilson (stories of origin), Gloria Naylor's "Linden Hills" and Dante (a suppressive desire for harmony), and Naylor's "Bailey's CafeĢ" and CT (polyvocality).
- Chaucer Subjects
- Canterbury Tales--General
- Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion