| Titre : |
A companion to African American literature |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Gene Andrew Jarrett, Editeur scientifique |
| Editeur : |
Chichester - Sussex - Royaume-Uni : Wiley-Blackwell |
| Année de publication : |
2010 |
| Collection : |
Blackwell companions to literature and culture num. 71 |
| Importance : |
xiii, 467 p. |
| Format : |
26 cm |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
978-1-4051-8862-3 |
| Note générale : |
Réf. bibliogr. Index |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Catégories : |
Afro-Americains -- Vie intellectuelle ; Afro-Americains en littérature ; Littérature américaine -- Écrivains afro-américains
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| Index. décimale : |
810.9 896073 |
| Résumé : |
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 the latest cri... |
| Note de contenu : |
Introduction -- PART I. THE LITERATURES OF AFRIC, MIDDLE PASSAGE, SLAVERY, and FREEDOM: THE EARLY AND ANTEBELLUM PERIODS, c.1750-1865. p. 9: Ch. 1. Back to the Future: Eighteenth-Century Transatlantic Black Authors, p. 11 / Vincent Carretta -- Ch. 2. Africa in Early African-American Literature, p. 25 / James Sidbury -- Ch. 3. Ports of Call, Pulpits of Consultation: Rethinking the Origins of African-American Literature, p. 45 / Frances Smith Foster & Kim D. Green -- Ch. 4. The Constitution of Toussaint: Another Origin of African-American Literature, p. 59 / Michael J. Drexler & Ed White -- Ch. 5. Religion in Early African-American Literature, p. 75 / Joanna Brooks & Tyler Mabry -- Ch. 6. The Economies of the Slave Narrative, p. 90 / Philip Gould -- Ch. 7. The 1850s: The First Renaissance of Black Letters, p. 103 / Maurice S. Lee -- Ch. 8. African-American Literary Nationalism, p. 119 / Robert S. Levine -- Ch. 9. Periodicals, Print Culture, and African-American Poetry, p. 133 / Ivy G. Wilson -- PART II. NEW NEGRO AESTHETICS, CULTURE, AND POLITICS: THE MODERN PERIOD, 1865-c.1940 / p. 149 -- Ch. 10. Racial Uplift and the Literature of the New Negro, p. 151 / Marlon B. Ross -- Ch. 11. The Dialect of New Negro Literature, p. 169 / Gene Andrew Jarrett -- Ch. 12. African-American Literary Realism, 1865-1914 185 Andrea N. Williams 13. Folklore and African-American Literature in the Post-Reconstruction Era, p. 200 / Shirley Moody-Turner -- Ch. 14. The Harlem Renaissance: The New Negro at Home and Abroad, p. 212 / Michelle Ann Stephens -- Ch. 15. Transatlantic Collaborations: Visual Culture in African-American Literature, p. 227 / Cherene Sherrard-Johnson -- Ch. 16. Aesthetic Hygiene: Marcus Garvey, W.E.B. Du Bois, and the Work of Art, p. 243 / Mark Christian Thompson -- Ch. 17. African-American Modernism and State Surveillance, p. 254 / William J. Maxwell -- PART III. REFORMING THE CANON, TRADITION, AND CRITICISM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE: THE CONTEMPORARY PERIOD, c.1940-Present, p. 269: Ch. 18. The Chicago Renaissance, p. 271 / Michelle Yvonne Gordon -- Ch. 19. Jazz and African-American Literature, p. 286 / Keith D. Leonard -- Ch. 20. The Black Arts Movement, p. 302 / James Edward Smethurst -- Ch. 21. Humor in African-American Literature, p. 315 / Glenda R. Carpio -- Ch. 22. Neo-Slave Narratives, p. 332 / Madhu Dubey -- Ch. 23. Popular Black Women s Fiction and the Novels of Terry McMillan. p. 347 / Robin V. Smiles -- Ch. 24. African-American Science Fiction, p. 360 / Jeffrey Allen Tucker -- Ch. 25. Latino/a Literature and the African Diaspora, p. 376 / Theresa Delgadillo -- Ch. 26. African-American Literature and Queer Studies: The Conundrum of James Baldwin, p. 393 / Guy Mark Foster -- Ch. 27. African-American Literature and Psychoanalysis, p. 410 / Arlene R. Keizer -- Name Index, p. 421 --Subject Index, p. 442 |
A companion to African American literature [texte imprimé] / Gene Andrew Jarrett, Editeur scientifique . - Chichester - Sussex - Royaume-Uni (Chichester - Sussex - Royaume-Uni) : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010 . - xiii, 467 p. ; 26 cm. - ( Blackwell companions to literature and culture; 71) . ISBN : 978-1-4051-8862-3 Réf. bibliogr. Index Langues : Anglais ( eng)
| Catégories : |
Afro-Americains -- Vie intellectuelle ; Afro-Americains en littérature ; Littérature américaine -- Écrivains afro-américains
|
| Index. décimale : |
810.9 896073 |
| Résumé : |
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 the latest cri... |
| Note de contenu : |
Introduction -- PART I. THE LITERATURES OF AFRIC, MIDDLE PASSAGE, SLAVERY, and FREEDOM: THE EARLY AND ANTEBELLUM PERIODS, c.1750-1865. p. 9: Ch. 1. Back to the Future: Eighteenth-Century Transatlantic Black Authors, p. 11 / Vincent Carretta -- Ch. 2. Africa in Early African-American Literature, p. 25 / James Sidbury -- Ch. 3. Ports of Call, Pulpits of Consultation: Rethinking the Origins of African-American Literature, p. 45 / Frances Smith Foster & Kim D. Green -- Ch. 4. The Constitution of Toussaint: Another Origin of African-American Literature, p. 59 / Michael J. Drexler & Ed White -- Ch. 5. Religion in Early African-American Literature, p. 75 / Joanna Brooks & Tyler Mabry -- Ch. 6. The Economies of the Slave Narrative, p. 90 / Philip Gould -- Ch. 7. The 1850s: The First Renaissance of Black Letters, p. 103 / Maurice S. Lee -- Ch. 8. African-American Literary Nationalism, p. 119 / Robert S. Levine -- Ch. 9. Periodicals, Print Culture, and African-American Poetry, p. 133 / Ivy G. Wilson -- PART II. NEW NEGRO AESTHETICS, CULTURE, AND POLITICS: THE MODERN PERIOD, 1865-c.1940 / p. 149 -- Ch. 10. Racial Uplift and the Literature of the New Negro, p. 151 / Marlon B. Ross -- Ch. 11. The Dialect of New Negro Literature, p. 169 / Gene Andrew Jarrett -- Ch. 12. African-American Literary Realism, 1865-1914 185 Andrea N. Williams 13. Folklore and African-American Literature in the Post-Reconstruction Era, p. 200 / Shirley Moody-Turner -- Ch. 14. The Harlem Renaissance: The New Negro at Home and Abroad, p. 212 / Michelle Ann Stephens -- Ch. 15. Transatlantic Collaborations: Visual Culture in African-American Literature, p. 227 / Cherene Sherrard-Johnson -- Ch. 16. Aesthetic Hygiene: Marcus Garvey, W.E.B. Du Bois, and the Work of Art, p. 243 / Mark Christian Thompson -- Ch. 17. African-American Modernism and State Surveillance, p. 254 / William J. Maxwell -- PART III. REFORMING THE CANON, TRADITION, AND CRITICISM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE: THE CONTEMPORARY PERIOD, c.1940-Present, p. 269: Ch. 18. The Chicago Renaissance, p. 271 / Michelle Yvonne Gordon -- Ch. 19. Jazz and African-American Literature, p. 286 / Keith D. Leonard -- Ch. 20. The Black Arts Movement, p. 302 / James Edward Smethurst -- Ch. 21. Humor in African-American Literature, p. 315 / Glenda R. Carpio -- Ch. 22. Neo-Slave Narratives, p. 332 / Madhu Dubey -- Ch. 23. Popular Black Women s Fiction and the Novels of Terry McMillan. p. 347 / Robin V. Smiles -- Ch. 24. African-American Science Fiction, p. 360 / Jeffrey Allen Tucker -- Ch. 25. Latino/a Literature and the African Diaspora, p. 376 / Theresa Delgadillo -- Ch. 26. African-American Literature and Queer Studies: The Conundrum of James Baldwin, p. 393 / Guy Mark Foster -- Ch. 27. African-American Literature and Psychoanalysis, p. 410 / Arlene R. Keizer -- Name Index, p. 421 --Subject Index, p. 442 |
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