African American Literary Theory

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African American Literary Theory
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Publisher : NYU Press
Total Pages : 745
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ISBN-10 : 9780814758090
ISBN-13 : 0814758096
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Book Synopsis African American Literary Theory by : Winston Napier

Book excerpt: Fifty-one essays by writers such as Langston Hughes, W.E.B. Du Bois, Ralph Ellison, and Zora Neale Hurston, as well as critics and academics such as Henry Louis Gates, Jr. examine the central texts and arguments in African American literary theory from the 1920s through the present. Contributions are organized chronologically beginning with the rise of a black aesthetic criticism, through the Black Arts Movement, feminism, structuralism and poststructuralism, queer theory, and cultural studies. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR


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