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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798048703321

Autore

Doku Samuel O.

Titolo

Cosmopolitanism in the fictive imagination of W.E.B. Du Bois : toward the humanization of a revolutionay art / / Dr. Samuel O. Doku

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4985-1832-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

Critical Africana Studies

Disciplina

305.8960730092

Soggetti

American literature - African American authors - History and criticism

Black people - Intellectual life - 20th century

Cosmopolitanism in literature

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

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Sommario/riassunto

This book traces W.E.B. Du Bois's fictionalization of history in his five major works of fiction and the short story The Souls of Black Folk through a thematic framework of cosmopolitanism. These works are grounded in historical occurrences and act as social histories providing commentary on issues such as Reconstruction, Jim Crow segregation, African American leadership, the Pan-African movement, and colonialism.