The postwar African American novel : protest and discontent, 1945-1950 /

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Americans in the World War II era bought the novels of African American writers in unprecedented numbers. However, the names on the books were less well-known ones such as Frank Yerby, Chester Himes, William Gardner Smith, and J. Saunders Redding. This book recovers the work of these innovative nove...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brown, Stephanie, 1970-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2011.
Colección:Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies.
Temas:
Nervo, Amado
Universidad Sergio Arboleda
1900-1999
American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Protest literature, American > History and criticism.
African Americans in literature.
Discontent in literature.
Roman américain > Auteurs noirs américains > Histoire et critique.
Roman américain > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature contestataire américaine > Histoire et critique.
Noirs américains dans la littérature.
Mécontentement dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > African American.
African Americans in literature
American fiction
American fiction > African American authors
Discontent in literature
Protest literature, American
Schwarze
Protest > Motiv
Unzufriedenheit > Motiv
Roman.
Amerikanisch.
Motiv.
Protest.
Schwarze.
USA.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Beyond protest: retracing the margins of the postwar African American novel
  • "If I can only get it funny!": Chester Himes's parodic protest novels
  • Frank Yerby and the "costume drama" of Southern historiography
  • William Gardner Smith and the cosmopolitan war novel
  • J. Saunders Redding and the African American campus novel.

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