A companion to African American literature / / edited by Gene Andrew Jarrett
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| Titolo: |
A companion to African American literature / / edited by Gene Andrew Jarrett
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| Pubblicazione: | Chichester, West Sussex, UK : , : Wiley-Blackwell, a John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., publication, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xiii, 467 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 810.9896073 |
| Soggetto topico: | American literature - African American authors |
| African Americans - Intellectual life | |
| African Americans in literature | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | JarrettGene Andrew <1975-> |
| Note generali: | "Edition history: Blackwell Publishing Ltd (hardback, 2010)." |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | A COMPANION TO AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Part I: The Literatures of Africa, Middle Passage, Slavery, and Freedom: The Early and Antebellum Periods, c.1750-1865; 1: Back to the Future: Eighteenth-Century Transatlantic Black Authors; 2: Africa in Early African American Literature; 3: Ports of Call, Pulpits of Consultation: Rethinking the Origins of African American Literature; 4: The Constitution of Toussaint: Another Origin of African American Literature; 5: Religion in Early African American Literature; 6: The Economies of the Slave Narrative |
| 7: The 1850's: The First Renaissance of Black Letters 8: African American Literary Nationalism; 9: Periodicals, Print Culture, and African American Poetry; Part II: New Negro Aesthetics, Culture, and Politics: The Modern Period,1865-c.1940; 10: Racial Uplift and the Literature of the New Negro; 11: The Dialect of New Negro Literature; 12: African American Literary Realism, 1865-1914; 13: Folklore and African American Literature in the Post-Reconstruction Era; 14: The Harlem Renaissance: The New Negro at Home and Abroad | |
| 15: Transatlantic Collaborations: Visual Culture in African American Literature 16: Aesthetic Hygiene: Marcus Garvey, W.E.B. Du Bois, and the Work of Art; 17: African American Modernism and State Surveillance; Part III: Reforming the Canon, Tradition, and Criticism of African American Literature: The Contemporary Period, c.1940-Present; 18: The Chicago Renaissance; 19: Jazz and African American Literature; 20: The Black Arts Movement; 21: Humor in African American Literature; 22: Neo-Slave Narratives; 23: Popular Black Women's Fiction and the Novels of Terry McMillan | |
| 24: African American Science Fiction 25: Latino/a Literature and the African Diaspora; 26: African American Literature and Queer Studies: The Conundrum of James Baldwin; 27: African American Literature and Psychoanalysis; Name Index; Subject Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Through a series of essays that explore the forms, themes, genres, historical contexts, major authors, and latest critical approaches, A Companion to African American Literature presents a comprehensive chronological overview of African American literature from the eighteenth century to the modern day Examines African American literature from its earliest origins, through the rise of antislavery literature in the decades leading into the Civil War, to the modern development of contemporary African American cultural media, literary aesthetics, and political ideologies Addresses |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Companion to african american literature |
| ISBN: | 1-118-65119-7 |
| 9786612548208 | |
| 1-4443-2347-4 | |
| 1-4443-3162-0 | |
| 1-78268-314-3 | |
| 1-282-54820-4 | |
| 1-4443-2348-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910831039503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Blackwell companions to literature and culture.