Samuel O Doku

Cosmopolitanism in the Fictive Imagination of W. E. B. Du Bois

Toward the Humanization of a Revolutionary Art

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Produktbeschreibung

This booktraces W.E.B. Du Bois's fictionalization of history in his five major works of fiction and the short story The Souls of Black Folk through a thematic framework of cosmopolitanism. These works are grounded in historical occurrences and act as social histories providing commentary on issues such as Reconstruction, Jim Crow segregation, African American leadership, the Pan-African movement, and colonialism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9781498518338
• ISBN-10: 1498518338
• Artikelnr.: 49458665

Autorenporträt

Samuel O. Doku is lecturer in the Department of English at Howard University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: African Antiquity and the African Diaspora in Context Part
One Chapter 1: Classical Humanism in The Quest of the Silver Fleece and The
Souls of Black Folk Chapter 2: Good Character Challenges Hegemony in The
Quest of the Silver Fleece Chapter 3: Heuristic Appraisal of Avant-Garde
Cosmopolitanism in The Quest of the Silver Fleece Chapter 4: Discrepant
Cosmopolitanism in the Imagination of W.E.B. Du Bois in Dark Princess: A
Romance Chapter 5: Culture as a Universal Symbol of Cosmopolitanism in Dark
Princess: A Romance Chapter 6: Beyond the Color Line: Black Cosmopolitanism
in The Black Flame Part Two Chapter 7: Genesis of Traditional
Pan-Africanism and Its Aftermath Chapter 8: A Botched Continental
Pan-Africanism Master Plan and Friends of W.E.B. Du Bois in Africa and the
Caribbean Chapter 9: W.E.B. Du Bois, the Inspirations of Gandhi, and the
Pan-Asian Connection Chapter 10: Barack Obama Epitomizes Du Bois' Vision in
Dark Princess: Nkrumah and Du Bois Emerge as Unheralded Cosmopolitans
Epilogue: The Great Redeemer