What Was African American Literature? / / Kenneth W. Warren.
Warren argues, quite bluntly, that “African American literature” has outlived its relevance as the dominant category for poetry, fiction, and plays written by African Americans. Contradicting an influential portion of the field, which regards this literature as an emanation of vernacular expression...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2011] ©2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (192 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Historicizing African American Literature
- 2. Particularity and the Problem of Interpretation
- 3. The Future of the Past
- Conclusion: The Past in the Present
- Notes
- Index