How should articulations of blackness from the fifth century BCE to the twenty-first century be
properly read and interpreted? This important and timely new book is the first concerted …

How do different cultures think about race? In the modern era, racial distinctiveness has
been assessed primarily in terms of a person's physical appearance. But it was not always …

A new wave of research in black classicism has emerged in the 21st century that explores
the role played by the classics in the larger cultural traditions of black America, Africa and …

This second edition includes an updated review of sexuality in Greece and Rome, an
expanded bibliography and numerous new passages with original translations. This book …

In this volume, Roynon explores Toni Morrison's widespread engagement with ancient
Greek and Roman tradition. Discussing all ten of her published novels to date, Roynon …

Our discipline has always been, at its core, concerned with language. At its best, The
American Journal of Philology has professed to being a forum for those seeking knowledge …

Abstract Between 1947 and 2001, the African American professor, diplomat, and dean Frank
M. Snowden, Jr laid out an influential thesis about 'race relations' in the ancient …

Abstract Studies of WEB Du Bois typically emphasize his shift from an elitist devotion to
European classics to a more radical promotion of African culture. These essays move …

This article discusses reworkings and re-interpretations of the myth of Demeter and
Persephone in contemporary women's poetry. The importance of this archetypal narrative of …

Madly after the Muses examines the use of Graeco-Roman samplings in the Bengali works
of Michael Madhusudan Datta (1824-1873), the nineteenth-century poet and playwright. His …