The Contemporary African American Novel: Its Folk Roots And Modern Literary Branches
A study of the contemporary African American novel that traces its folk roots and its modern literary branches. It surveys major works to show how themes, forms, and cultural concerns develop across the field.
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A concise critical map of contemporary African American fiction.
A critical study that traces the lineage of African American fiction through both its folk roots and its development as contemporary literature. It offers a broad framework for understanding the field.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Univ of Massachusetts Pr
- Published
- 2005-02-28
- Pages
- 490 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 15.34 x 3.18 x 22.71 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781558494732
- ISBN-10
- 1558494731
- Price
- 6582 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction
In 1987 Bernard W. Bell published The Afro-American Novel and Its Tradition , a comprehensive history of more than 150 novels written by African Americans from 1853 to 1983. The book won the Distinguished Scholarship Award of the College Language Association and was reprinted five times. Now Bell has produced a new volume that serves as a sequel and companion to the earlier work, expanding the coverage to 2001 and examining the writings and traditions of a remarkably wide array of black novelists.
Bernard W. Bell is professor of English at Pennsylvania State University. He is coeditor of W.E.B. Du Bois on Race and Culture: Philosophy, Politics, and Poetics (1996), coeditor of Call and Response: The Riverside Anthology of the African American Literary Tradition (1998), and editor of Clarence Major and His Art: Portraits of an African American Postmodernist (2001). Bernard W. Bell is professor of English at Pennsylvania State University. He is coeditor of W.E.B. Du Bois on Race and Culture: Philosophy, Politics, and Poetics (1996), coeditor of Call and Response: The Riverside Anthology of the African American Literary Tradition (1998), and editor of Clarence Major and His Art: Portraits of an African American Postmodernist (2001).