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200 00$aCharles Johnson$b[electronic resource] $ethe novelist as philosopher /$fedited by Marc C. Conner and William R. Nash
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aJackson $cUniversity Press of Mississippi$d2007
215   $a1 online resource (240 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-57806-973-4 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 182-190) and index.
327   $aContents; 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
327   $aThe Application of an Ideal: Turning the Wheel as Ontological ProgramWorks Cited; Contributors; Index
330   $aEssays 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of his novels, his numerous short stories, the range of his nonfiction essays, his many book reviews, and even several unpublished works.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
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701   $aNash$b William R.$f1964-$01037967
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