1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996392693003316

Autore

Riveley Benedict <1627 or 8-1695.>

Titolo

A sermon prech'd in the cathedral church of Norwich, at the funeral of the Right Reverend Father in God, Edward, Lord Bishop of Norwich, who departed this life, July 28, 1676 [[electronic resource] /] / by B. Riveley .

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for Sam. Lowndes ... and William Oliver ..., 1677

Descrizione fisica

[2], 34 p

Soggetti

Funeral sermons

Sermons, English

Sermons17th centuryEngland

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reproduction of original in Cambridge University Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0021



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910956923703321

Autore

English Daylanne K

Titolo

Each Hour Redeem : Time and Justice in African American Literature

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : University of Minnesota Press, 2013

ISBN

1-4529-3944-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 pages)

Disciplina

810.9/896073

Soggetti

American literature - African American authors - History and criticism

Time in literature

Justice in literature

English

Languages & Literatures

American Literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Political Fictions -- Chapter 1: Ticking, Not Talking: Timekeeping in Early African American Literature -- Chapter 2: "Temporal Damage": Pragmatism and Plessy in African American Novels, 1896-1902 -- Chapter 3: "The Death of the Last Black Man": Repetition, Lynching, and Capital Punishment in Twentieth-Century African American Literature -- Chapter 4: "Seize the Time!"  Strategic Presentism in the Black Arts Movement -- Chapter 5: Being Black There: Contemporary African American Detective Fiction -- Conclusion: Political Truths -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

Sommario/riassunto

Each Hour Redeem advances a major reinterpretation of African American literature from the late eighteenth century to the present by demonstrating how its authors are centrally concerned with racially different experiences of time. Daylanne K. English argues that, from Phillis Wheatley to Suzan-Lori Parks, African American writers have depicted distinctive forms of temporality to challenge racial injustices supported by dominant ideas of time. The first book to explore the



representation of time throughout the African American literary canon, Each Hour Redeem illuminates how the pervasive and potent tropes of timekeeping provide the basis for an overarching new understanding of the tradition.  Combing literary, historical, legal, and philosophical approaches, Each Hour Redeem examines a wide range of genres, including poetry, fiction, drama, slave narratives, and other forms of nonfiction. English shows that much of African American literature is characterized by "strategic anachronism," the use of prior literary forms to investigate contemporary political realities, as seen in Walter Mosley's recent turn to hard-boiled detective fiction. By contrast, "strategic presentism" is exemplified in the Black Arts Movement and the Harlem Renaissance and their investment in contemporary political potentialities, for example, in Langston Hughes and Amiri Baraka's adaptation of the jazz of their eras for poetic form and content. Overall, the book effectively demonstrates how African American writers have employed multiple and complex conceptions of time not only to trace racial injustice but also to help construct a powerful literary tradition across the centuries.