Afro American Writers
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Encyclopedia Of African American Literature
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Author : Wilfred D. Samuels
language : en
Publisher: Infobase Learning
Release Date : 2015-04-22
Encyclopedia Of African American Literature written by Wilfred D. Samuels and has been published by Infobase Learning this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-22 with African American authors categories.
Presents a reference on African American literature providing profiles of notable and little-known writers and their works, literary forms and genres, critics and scholars, themes and terminology and more.
Afro American Writers
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Appleton-Century-Crofts
Release Date : 1970
Afro American Writers written by and has been published by Appleton-Century-Crofts this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Reference categories.
Afro American Literary Study In The 1990s
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Author : Houston A. Baker (Jr.)
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1989-10-30
Afro American Literary Study In The 1990s written by Houston A. Baker (Jr.) and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-10-30 with Drama categories.
Featuring the work of the most distinguished scholars in the field, this volume assesses the state of Afro-American literary study and projects a vision of that study for the 1990s. "A rich and rewarding collection."—Choice. "This diverse and inspired collection . . . testifies to the Afro-Am academy's extraordinary vitality."—Voice Literary Supplement
From The Dark Tower
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Author : Arthur Paul Davis
language : en
Publisher: Washington : Howard University Press
Release Date : 1974
From The Dark Tower written by Arthur Paul Davis and has been published by Washington : Howard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Literary Criticism categories.
A long-awaited overview of significant black writers and their works from the beginning of this century to 1960. Each of the major periods of black literature - 1900 through the fifties - are preceded by extensive introductions that place the writers in literary, historical and political perspective.
The City In African American Literature
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Author : Yoshinobu Hakutani
language : en
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Release Date : 1995
The City In African American Literature written by Yoshinobu Hakutani and has been published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Literary Criticism categories.
More recent African-American literature has also been noteworthy for its largely affirmative vision of urban life. Amiri Baraka's 1981 essay "Black Literature and the Afro-American Nation: The Urban Voice" argues that, from the Harlem Renaissance onward, African-American literature has been "urban shaped," producing a uniquely "black urban consciousness." And Toni Morrison, although stressing that the American city in general has often induced a sense of alienation in many African-American writers, nevertheless adds that modern African-American literature is suffused with an "affection" for "the village within" the city.
The Concise Oxford Companion To African American Literature
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Author : William L. Andrews
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2001-02-15
The Concise Oxford Companion To African American Literature written by William L. Andrews and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-02-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
A breathtaking achievement, this Concise Companion is a suitable crown to the astonishing production in African American literature and criticism that has swept over American literary studies in the last two decades. It offers an enormous range of writers-from Sojourner Truth to Frederick Douglass, from Zora Neale Hurston to Ralph Ellison, and from Toni Morrison to August Wilson. It contains entries on major works (including synopses of novels), such as Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Richard Wright's Native Son, and Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun. It also incorporates information on literary characters such as Bigger Thomas, Coffin Ed Johnson, Kunta Kinte, Sula Peace, as well as on character types such as Aunt Jemima, Brer Rabbit, John Henry, Stackolee, and the trickster. Icons of black culture are addressed, including vivid details about the lives of Muhammad Ali, John Coltrane, Marcus Garvey, Jackie Robinson, John Brown, and Harriet Tubman. Here, too, are general articles on poetry, fiction, and drama; on autobiography, slave narratives, Sunday School literature, and oratory; as well as on a wide spectrum of related topics. Compact yet thorough, this handy volume gathers works from a vast array of sources--from the black periodical press to women's clubs--making it one of the most substantial guides available on the growing, exciting world of African American literature.
The Afro American Novel And Its Tradition
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Author : Bernard W. Bell
language : en
Publisher: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press
Release Date : 1987
The Afro American Novel And Its Tradition written by Bernard W. Bell and has been published by Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Literary Criticism categories.
This study is an addition to the growing body of scholarly analysis examining the Afro-American contribution. It is based on the premise that in the last 25 years the traditional canon of American literature excluded important minority authors. Proceeding chronologically from William Wells Brown's Clotel (1853), to experimental novels of the 1980s, Bell comments on more than 150 works, with close readings of 41 novelists. His remarks are framed by an inquiry into the distinctive elements of Afro-American fiction. ISBN 0-87023-568-0 : $25.00.
African American Writers Classical Tradition
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Author : William W. Cook
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2011-06-07
African American Writers Classical Tradition written by William W. Cook and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-07 with Literary Criticism categories.
Constraints on freedom, education, and individual dignity have always been fundamental in determining who is able to write, when, and where. Considering the singular experience of the African American writer, William W. Cook and James Tatum here argue that African American literature did not develop apart from canonical Western literary traditions but instead grew out of those literatures, even as it adapted and transformed the cultural traditions and religions of Africa and the African diaspora along the way.Tracing the interaction between African American writers and the literatures of ancient Greece and Rome, from the time of slavery and its aftermath to the civil rights era and on into the present, the authors offer a sustained and lively discussion of the life and work of Phillis Wheatley, Frederick Douglass, Ralph Ellison, and Rita Dove, among other highly acclaimed poets, novelists, and scholars. Assembling this brilliant and diverse group of African American writers at a moment when our understanding of classical literature is ripe for change, the authors paint an unforgettable portrait of our own reception of “classic” writing, especially as it was inflected by American racial politics.
Scarring The Black Body
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Author : Carol E. Henderson
language : en
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Release Date : 2002
Scarring The Black Body written by Carol E. Henderson and has been published by University of Missouri Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Literary Criticism categories.
Scarring and the act of scarring are recurrent images in African American literature. In Scarring the Black Body, Carol E. Henderson analyzes the cultural and historical implications of scarring in a number of African American texts that feature the trope of the scar, including works by Sherley Anne Williams, Toni Morrison, Ann Petry, Ralph Ellison, and Richard Wright. The first part of Scarring the Black Body, "The Call," traces the process by which African bodies were Americanized through the practice of branding. Henderson incorporates various materials -- from advertisements for the return of runaways to slave narratives -- to examine the cultural practice of "writing" the body. She also considers way in which writers and social activists, including Frederick Douglass, Olaudah Equiano, Harriet Tubman, and Sojourner Truth, developed a "call" centered on the body's scars to demand that people of African descent be given equal rights and protection under the law.
Liberating Voices
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Author : Gayl Jones
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1991
Liberating Voices written by Gayl Jones and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with History categories.
The powerful novelist here turns penetrating critic, giving usâe"in lively styleâe"both trenchant literary analysis and fresh insight on the art of writing. âeoeWhen African American writers began to trust the literary possibilities of their own verbal and musical creations,âe writes Gayl Jones, they began to transform the European and European American models, and to gain greater artistic sovereignty.âe The vitality of African American literature derives from its incorporation of traditional oral forms: folktales, riddles, idiom, jazz rhythms, spirituals, and blues. Jones traces the development of this literature as African American writers, celebrating their oral heritage, developed distinctive literary forms. The twentieth century saw a new confidence and deliberateness in African American work: the move from surface use of dialect to articulation of a genuine black voice; the move from blacks portrayed for a white audience to characterization relieved of the need to justify. Innovative writingâe"such as Charles Waddell Chesnuttâe(tm)s depiction of black folk culture, Langston Hughesâe(tm)s poetic use of blues, and Amiri Barakaâe(tm)s recreation of the short story as a jazz pieceâe"redefined Western literary tradition. For Jones, literary technique is never far removed from its social and political implications. She documents how literary form is inherently and intensely national, and shows how the European monopoly on acceptable forms for literary art stifled American writers both black and white. Jones is especially eloquent in describing the dilemma of the African American writers: to write from their roots yet retain a universal voice; to merge the power and fluidity of oral tradition with the structure needed for written presentation. With this work Gayl Jones has added a new dimension to African American literary history.