03044nam 2200589Ia 450 991081522100332120230721013750.01-282-94081-397866129408111-60473-507-4(CKB)2670000000061797(EBL)619203(OCoLC)690209812(SSID)ssj0000413828(PQKBManifestationID)11294146(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000413828(PQKBWorkID)10399439(PQKB)10141153(MiAaPQ)EBC619203(Au-PeEL)EBL619203(CaPaEBR)ebr10436094(EXLCZ)99267000000006179720060804d2007 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCharles Johnson[electronic resource] the novelist as philosopher /edited by Marc C. Conner and William R. Nash1st ed.Jackson University Press of Mississippi20071 online resource (240 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-57806-973-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-190) and index.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 TheologyThe Application of an Ideal: Turning the Wheel as Ontological ProgramWorks Cited; Contributors; IndexEssays 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of his novels, his numerous short stories, the range of his nonfiction essays, his many book reviews, and even several unpublished works.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 philosoPhilosophy in literatureAfrican Americans in literaturePhilosophy in literature.African Americans in literature.813/.54Conner Marc C.1965-1607190Nash William R.1964-1607191MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815221003321Charles Johnson3933374UNINA