Literature and culture of the Chicago Renaissance : postmodern and postcolonial development / / edited by Yoshinobu Hakutani

• Pubblicazione: New York, NY : , : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, , [2019]; ©2019
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (341 pages)
• Disciplina: 810.9977311; 810.9896073
• Soggetto topico: American literature - Illinois - Chicago - History and criticism
• Soggetto geografico: Chicago (Ill.) Intellectual life 20th century; Chicago (Ill.) In literature
• Persona (resp. second.): HakutaniYoshinobu <1935->
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- PART I: Interactions of African and European American Writers -- 1. The Chicago Renaissance, Dreiser, and Wright's Spatial Narrative -- Notes -- References -- 2. Chicago as Metaphor in the Writings of Theodore Dreiser and Richard Wright: Tracing the Literary Lineage -- References -- 3. Theodore Dreiser's "Nigger Jeff," Richard Wright's "Big Boy Leaves Home," and Lynching -- Notes -- References -- 4. Chicago in Dreiser's Sister Carrie, Farrell's Studs Lonigan, and Wright's Native Son -- Notes -- References -- 5. "Careful Candors": Gwendolyn Brooks, T. S. Eliot, and the Poetics of Social Critique -- Notes -- PART II: African American Writers and Race Issues -- 6. The Illinois Writers' Project and Its Impact on the Second Chicago Renaissance -- The Chicago IWP Office -- The Significance of the Chicago Office in American Letters -- Notes -- References -- 7. Wright's The Long Dream as Racial and Sexual Discourse -- Notes -- References -- 8. Frank Marshall Davis of Chicago and the Young Barack Obama of Hawaii -- Notes -- References -- 9. Landscapes of the Imagination: Clarence Major, Leon Forrest, and the Black Chicago Renaissance -- Notes -- References -- 10. The Intuitionist and The Underground Railroad: Colson Whitehead Works on Race Issues -- The Intuitionist's Mysterious Narration -- Vagary as the Author's Tool -- A New Metaphor for Inhumanity -- Intuitionism, Sight, and Invisibility -- Communicating with Everything -- The Perfect Elevator/Novel -- Delivering Messages -- The Underground Railroad -- References -- PART III: Cross-Cultural Visions in African American Postmodernism and Postcolonialism -- 11. Wright and Transnationalism: A Reading of Pagan Spain -- References. ; 12. The Western and Eastern Thoughts of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man -- Notes -- References -- 13. Ishmael Reed's Mumbo Jumbo: A Reading through Confucianism -- References -- 14. Neo-HooDooism in Ishmael Reed's Japanese by Spring: Lost Boundary between Fact and Fiction -- Notes -- References -- 15. "All narratives are lies, man, an illusion": Buddhism, Postmodernism, and Postcolonialism in Charles Johnson's Middle Passage and Dreamer -- References -- 16. African Legacy and Chicago Politics in Barack Obama's Dreams from My Father -- Defining Transnationalism and Cosmopolitanism -- Africa as Absence and Presence -- Barry and Africa -- Kenyan Neocolonial Politics in Dreams from My Father -- The Faith from Home: Cosmopolitanism in Obama's Chicago Politics -- Cosmopolitanism as Cross-racial Alliance and Activism in Dreams -- Notes -- References -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Chicago Renaissance has long been considered a less important literary movement than the Harlem Renaissance. While the Harlem Renaissance began and flourished during the 1920s, but faded during the 1930s, the Chicago Renaissance originated between 1890 and 1910, gathered momentum in the 1930s, and paved the way for the postmodern and postcolonial developments in American Literature. To portray Chicago as a modern, spacious, cosmopolitan city, the writers of the Chicago Renaissance developed a new style of writing based on a distinct cultural aesthetic that reflected ethnically diverse sentiments and aspirations. Whereas the Harlem Renaissance was dominated by African American writers, the Chicago Renaissance originated from the interactions between African and European American writers. Much like modern jazz, writings in the movement became a hybrid, cross-cultural product of black and white Americans. The second period of the movement developed at two stages. In the first stage, the older generation of African American writers continued to deal with racial issues. In the second stage, African American writers sought solutions to racism by comparing American culture with other cultures. The younger generation of African American writers, such as Ishmael Reed, Charles Johnson, and Colson Whitehead, followed their predecessors and explored Confucianism, Buddhist Ontology, and Zen. This volume features essays by both veteran African Americanists and upcoming young critics. It is highlighted by essays from scholars located around the globe, such as Toru Kiuchi of Japan, Yupei Zhou of China, Mamoun Alzoubi of Jordan, and Babacar M'Baye of Senegal. It will be invaluable reading for students of Americanists at all levels.
• Titolo autorizzato: Literature and culture of the Chicago Renaissance
• ISBN: 1-000-00861-4; 1-000-00177-6; 0-429-28371-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823991603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II