Charles Johnson [[electronic resource] ] : the novelist as philosopher / / edited by Marc C. Conner and William R. Nash

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910459637803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2007
• ISBN: 1-282-94081-3; 9786612940811; 1-60473-507-4
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): ConnerMarc C. <1965->; NashWilliam R. <1964->
• Disciplina: 813/.54
• Soggetti: Philosophy in literature; African Americans in literature; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-190) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Charles Johnson and Philosophical Black Fiction; The Genesis of Charles Johnson's Philosophical Fiction; "In-Itself-for-Me": Decomposition and Art in Charles Johnson's Oxherding Tale; Bondage and Discipline: The Pedagogy of Discomfort in The Sorcerer's Apprentice; To Utter the Holy: The Metaphysical Romance of Middle Passage; "Go There": The Critical Pragmatism of Charles Johnson; Pragmatic Ethics in Charles Johnson's Fiction; Invisible Threads: Charles Johnson and Feminine Civility; "At the Numinous Heart of Being": Dreamer and Christian Theology; The Application of an Ideal: Turning the Wheel as Ontological ProgramWorks Cited; Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Essays by Herman Beavers, Gena Chandler, Marc C. Conner, William Gleason, William R. Nash, Linda Selzer, Gary Storhoff, and John Whalen-Bridge In Charles Johnson: The Novelist as Philosopher, leading scholars examine the African American author's literary corpus and major themes, ideas, and influences. The essays explore virtually all of Johnson's writings: each of his novels, his numerous short stories, the range of his nonfiction essays, his many book reviews, and even several ; unpublished works. These essays engage Johnson's work from a variety of critical perspectives, revealing the philoso