Elizabeth McHenry

Forgotten Readers

Recovering the Lost History of African American Literary Societies

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Produktbeschreibung

""Forgotten Readers" focuses upon an aspect of African American culture that was extraordinarily significant in the development of its literary tradition and in its political and social development as well, but one that, as Elizabeth McHenry notes, has been ignored or simplistically described. This book will be instrumental in challenging and changing some erroneous notions about African American history and literature specifically, and American culture in general."--Frances Smith Foster, Emory University

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 155mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 780g
• ISBN-13: 9780822329800
• ISBN-10: 0822329808
• Artikelnr.: 21037074

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth McHenry

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: In Search of Black Readers 1
1 "Dreaded Eloquence": The Origins and Rise of African American Literary
Societies 23
2 Spreading the Word: The Cultural Work of the Black Press 84
3 Literary Coalitions in the Age of Washington 141
4 Reading, Writing, and Reform in the Woman's Era 187
5 Georgia Douglas Johnson and the Saturday Nighters 251
Epilogue: Building Community in Contemporary Reading Groups 297
Notes 317
Bibliography 387
Index 401