Existentialist Thought in African American Literature Before 1940

Herausgeber: Hill, Melvin G

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This collection fuses together discussions of existentialist thought and African American literature in an effort to rethink and even re-frame African American literary traditions, showing that several texts, and even most canonical texts, lack a systematic study through an existential lens.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 108
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 147mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 136g
• ISBN-13: 9781498514828
• ISBN-10: 1498514820
• Artikelnr.: 48895359

Autorenporträt

Edited by Melvin G. Hill - Contributions by Renee Barlow; Chase Dimock; Timothy Golden and Jeannine King

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction: The Legacy of Existentialism in African
American Literature Before 1940 Melvin Hill Chapter 1: Morality, Art, and
the Self: Existentialism in Frederick Douglass and Søren Kierkegaard
Timothy Golden Chapter 2: I'm Not Here: Existential Acts in 19th Century
African American Women's Narrative Jeannine King Chapter 3: Sutton E.
Griggs's Existential Vision in Imperium in Imperio: The New Negro Melvin G.
Hill Chapter 4: Existential Authenticity in Early 20th Century
African-American Passing Narratives Renee Barlow Chapter 5: "Clare Kendry
Cared Nothing For the Race. She Only Belonged to It": The Intersectional
Bad Faith of Race and Gender in Nella Larsen's Passing Chase Dimock About
the Contributors