Baldwin, James.
Go Tell It On The Mountain
. New York: Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 1983.
This novel chronicles the dramatic struggles of a black family of Harlem that has moved from the rural South to the Northern ghetto. 221 pages.
Bluestein, Gene.
The Voice of the Folk: Folklore and American Literary Theory
. Massachusetts: University of Massachusetts Press, 1972.
Eight chapters discussing the relationships between folklore and American literary theory; One chapter on Whitman’s contribution to American and a chapter entitled
“Blues as a Literary Theme”
. 158 pages.
Grant, Michael.
Myths of the Greeks and Romans
. New York: New American Library, 1962.
This author traces each Greek and Roman myth in chronological order back to its ancient source. This 394 page book contains maps of the ancient world and photographs of Greek and Roman art.
Kimmey, John and Ashley Brown, editors.
The World of Tragedy
. New York: New American Library, 1981.
This book chronicles the changing view of tragedy in drama, fiction, poetry and criticism from Ancient times to today. It contains a chapter on Wordsworth and Hawthorne and references to Euripides. 464 pages.
Lester, Julius, “James Baldwin-Reflections of a Maverick”
New York Times Book Review
, May 27,1984.
This is an interview of James Baldwin conducted by Julius Lester a black American writer who is fifteen years younger than Baldwin.
Miller, James E. Jr. ed.,
Whitman’s “Song of Myself” Origin, Growth, Meaning
. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1964.
This volume contains a chronological study of the rewritings of Whitman’s
Leaves of Grass
along with six critical essays of one essay by Roy Pearce is entitled “‘Song of Myself’ as Epic”. 202 pages.
Paredes, Americo, and Ellen J. Stekert, editors.
The Urban Experience and Folk Tradition
, Texas: The University of Texas Press, 1971.
Spalding, Henry, ed.
Encyclopedia of Black Folklore and Humor.
New York: Jonathan David Publishers, 1978.
A chronologic, comprehensive collection of black folklore and humor from the arrival of blacks in the new world to modern times. Contains, the black variant of the familiar European ballad “Barbara Allen”, first published in Pepys’ Diary around 1665, where it was called “A Scottish Ballad”. 516 pages.
Stovall, Floyd, ed.
Walt Whitman
. New York: Hill and Wang, 1961.
This book contains a selection of Whitman’s poetry and prose with an introduction and notes written by the editor. 471 pages.
Strouse, Jean., “Toni Morrison’s Black Magic,”
Newsweek
, 97:52, March 30, 1981.
An article a) on the black female writer, Toni Morrison, who writes about the black American experience and b) on her writings coincide with the writings of black male writers such as Elison and Baldwin and other black women writers such as Walker and Bambara.
Warner, Rex, trans.
Three Great Plays of Euripides
. New York: New American Library, 1958.
A collection of three plays by Euripides: “Medea”, “Hippolytus”, “Helen” ; contains 12-page introduction written by the translator entitled “Euripides and His Age” and each play contains an introduction. 192 pages.
White, Joseph L.
The Psychology of Blacks: An Afro-American Perspective
. Prentice Hall, Inc. New Jersey Englewood Cliffs 1984.
This book contains a comprehensive study of the patterns of thinking for black Americans. There is much information on the oral tradition and the writings of James Baldwin. 201 pages.