The Resource African American Literature Beyond Race : an Alternative Reader
African American Literature Beyond Race : an Alternative Reader
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The item African American Literature Beyond Race : an Alternative Reader represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Missouri University of Science & Technology Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item African American Literature Beyond Race : an Alternative Reader represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Missouri University of Science & Technology Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- It is widely accepted that the canon of African American literature has racial realism at its core: African American protagonists, social settings, cultural symbols, and racial-political discourse. As a result, writings that are not preoccupied with race have long been invisible-unpublished, out of print, absent from libraries, rarely discussed among scholars, and omitted from anthologies. However, some of our most celebrated African American authors-from Zora Neale Hurston and Richard Wright to James Baldwin and Toni Morrison-have resisted this canonical rule, even at the cost of critical d
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (883 pages)
- Contents
-
- Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I Postbellum Period, 1865-1900; 1 FRANK J. WEBB; TWO WOLVES AND A LAMB: AN ORIGINAL TALE (1870); 2 FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER; SOWING AND REAPING (1876-77); Chapter 1 [Setting Out in Life]; Chapter 2 The Decision; Chapter 4 [Every Man Has His Price]; Chapter 6 [The Verge of a Precipice]; Chapter 7 [The Engagement]; Chapter 8 [Sowing and Reaping]; Chapter 9 [Belle Gordon]; Chapter 10 [A Drunkard's Wife]; 3 PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR; THE UNCALLED (1898); Chapter 10 [The Seminary]; Chapter 11 [The Sermon]
- Chapter 12 [The Ordination]PART II: Between the World Wars, 1919-1940; 4 NELLA LARSEN; THE WRONG MAN (1926); FREEDOM (1926); 5 JEAN TOOMER; YORK BEACH (1928); Chapter 1 [The Perfect Place]; Chapter 2 [Individuality]; 6 Wallace Thurman; THE INTERNE (1932); Chapter 2 [Flanagan Hall]; Chapter 3 [Touring the Hospital]; Chapter 9 [The Fire]; Chapter 12 [Carl's Problems]; PART III: After World War II, 1945-1960; 7 FRANK YERBY; THE FOXES OF HARROW (1946); Chapter 1 [New Orleans]; 8 ANN PETRY; COUNTRY PLACE (1947); Chapter 1 [Lennox, Connecticut]; Chapter 7 [A Discovery]; Chapter 8 [Mearns Gramby]
- Chapter 25 [The Will]9 ZORA NEALE HURSTON; SERAPH ON THE SUWANEE (1948); Chapter 1 [The Secret Life of Arvay]; 10 Chester B. Himes; YESTERDAY WILL MAKE YOU CRY (1952); Book 2: Flood of Tears Chapter 9 [Memories]; Book 3: Shall Become the Same at Last Chapter 1 [A Riot]; 11 RICHARD WRIGHT; SAVAGE HOLIDAY (1954): Part One: Anxiety; 12 JAMES BALDWIN; GIOVANNI'S ROOM (1956): Chapter 1 [The Flight]; PART IV: Contemporary Period after 1965; 13 SAMUEL R. DELANY; TIME CONSIDERED AS A HELIX OF SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES (1968); 14 TONI MORRISON; RECITATIF (1983); 15 OCTAVIA E. BUTLER; BLOODCHILD (1984)
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- Isbn
- 9780814743751
- Label
- African American Literature Beyond Race : an Alternative Reader
- Title
- African American Literature Beyond Race
- Title remainder
- an Alternative Reader
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- It is widely accepted that the canon of African American literature has racial realism at its core: African American protagonists, social settings, cultural symbols, and racial-political discourse. As a result, writings that are not preoccupied with race have long been invisible-unpublished, out of print, absent from libraries, rarely discussed among scholars, and omitted from anthologies. However, some of our most celebrated African American authors-from Zora Neale Hurston and Richard Wright to James Baldwin and Toni Morrison-have resisted this canonical rule, even at the cost of critical d
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1975-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Jarrett, Gene Andrew
- Dewey number
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- 813.008/0896073
- 813.0080896073
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS647.A35 A346 2006
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- American fiction
- African Americans
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- African Americans
- American fiction
- Label
- African American Literature Beyond Race : an Alternative Reader
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I Postbellum Period, 1865-1900; 1 FRANK J. WEBB; TWO WOLVES AND A LAMB: AN ORIGINAL TALE (1870); 2 FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER; SOWING AND REAPING (1876-77); Chapter 1 [Setting Out in Life]; Chapter 2 The Decision; Chapter 4 [Every Man Has His Price]; Chapter 6 [The Verge of a Precipice]; Chapter 7 [The Engagement]; Chapter 8 [Sowing and Reaping]; Chapter 9 [Belle Gordon]; Chapter 10 [A Drunkard's Wife]; 3 PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR; THE UNCALLED (1898); Chapter 10 [The Seminary]; Chapter 11 [The Sermon]
- Chapter 12 [The Ordination]PART II: Between the World Wars, 1919-1940; 4 NELLA LARSEN; THE WRONG MAN (1926); FREEDOM (1926); 5 JEAN TOOMER; YORK BEACH (1928); Chapter 1 [The Perfect Place]; Chapter 2 [Individuality]; 6 Wallace Thurman; THE INTERNE (1932); Chapter 2 [Flanagan Hall]; Chapter 3 [Touring the Hospital]; Chapter 9 [The Fire]; Chapter 12 [Carl's Problems]; PART III: After World War II, 1945-1960; 7 FRANK YERBY; THE FOXES OF HARROW (1946); Chapter 1 [New Orleans]; 8 ANN PETRY; COUNTRY PLACE (1947); Chapter 1 [Lennox, Connecticut]; Chapter 7 [A Discovery]; Chapter 8 [Mearns Gramby]
- Chapter 25 [The Will]9 ZORA NEALE HURSTON; SERAPH ON THE SUWANEE (1948); Chapter 1 [The Secret Life of Arvay]; 10 Chester B. Himes; YESTERDAY WILL MAKE YOU CRY (1952); Book 2: Flood of Tears Chapter 9 [Memories]; Book 3: Shall Become the Same at Last Chapter 1 [A Riot]; 11 RICHARD WRIGHT; SAVAGE HOLIDAY (1954): Part One: Anxiety; 12 JAMES BALDWIN; GIOVANNI'S ROOM (1956): Chapter 1 [The Flight]; PART IV: Contemporary Period after 1965; 13 SAMUEL R. DELANY; TIME CONSIDERED AS A HELIX OF SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES (1968); 14 TONI MORRISON; RECITATIF (1983); 15 OCTAVIA E. BUTLER; BLOODCHILD (1984)
- Select BibliographyAbout the Contributors; Index
- Control code
- 913695219
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (883 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780814743751
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)913695219
- Label
- African American Literature Beyond Race : an Alternative Reader
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I Postbellum Period, 1865-1900; 1 FRANK J. WEBB; TWO WOLVES AND A LAMB: AN ORIGINAL TALE (1870); 2 FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER; SOWING AND REAPING (1876-77); Chapter 1 [Setting Out in Life]; Chapter 2 The Decision; Chapter 4 [Every Man Has His Price]; Chapter 6 [The Verge of a Precipice]; Chapter 7 [The Engagement]; Chapter 8 [Sowing and Reaping]; Chapter 9 [Belle Gordon]; Chapter 10 [A Drunkard's Wife]; 3 PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR; THE UNCALLED (1898); Chapter 10 [The Seminary]; Chapter 11 [The Sermon]
- Chapter 12 [The Ordination]PART II: Between the World Wars, 1919-1940; 4 NELLA LARSEN; THE WRONG MAN (1926); FREEDOM (1926); 5 JEAN TOOMER; YORK BEACH (1928); Chapter 1 [The Perfect Place]; Chapter 2 [Individuality]; 6 Wallace Thurman; THE INTERNE (1932); Chapter 2 [Flanagan Hall]; Chapter 3 [Touring the Hospital]; Chapter 9 [The Fire]; Chapter 12 [Carl's Problems]; PART III: After World War II, 1945-1960; 7 FRANK YERBY; THE FOXES OF HARROW (1946); Chapter 1 [New Orleans]; 8 ANN PETRY; COUNTRY PLACE (1947); Chapter 1 [Lennox, Connecticut]; Chapter 7 [A Discovery]; Chapter 8 [Mearns Gramby]
- Chapter 25 [The Will]9 ZORA NEALE HURSTON; SERAPH ON THE SUWANEE (1948); Chapter 1 [The Secret Life of Arvay]; 10 Chester B. Himes; YESTERDAY WILL MAKE YOU CRY (1952); Book 2: Flood of Tears Chapter 9 [Memories]; Book 3: Shall Become the Same at Last Chapter 1 [A Riot]; 11 RICHARD WRIGHT; SAVAGE HOLIDAY (1954): Part One: Anxiety; 12 JAMES BALDWIN; GIOVANNI'S ROOM (1956): Chapter 1 [The Flight]; PART IV: Contemporary Period after 1965; 13 SAMUEL R. DELANY; TIME CONSIDERED AS A HELIX OF SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES (1968); 14 TONI MORRISON; RECITATIF (1983); 15 OCTAVIA E. BUTLER; BLOODCHILD (1984)
- Select BibliographyAbout the Contributors; Index
- Control code
- 913695219
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (883 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780814743751
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)913695219
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