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In Contemporary African American Fiction: New Critical Essays, edited by Dana A. Williams, eight contributors examine trends and ideas which characterize African American fiction since 1970. They investigate many of the key inquiries which inform discussions about the condition of contemporary Afric...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Williams, Dana A., 1972-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
American fiction > African American authors.
American fiction.
African Americans > Intellectual life.
African Americans in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General
Roman americain > Auteurs noirs americains > Histoire et critique.
Roman americain > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Noirs americains > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains dans la litterature.
American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
African Americans > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Dana A. Williams
  • Theoretical influences and experimental resemblances: Ernest J. Gaines and recent critical approaches to the study of African American fiction / Reggie Scott Young
  • Ideological tension: cultural nationalism and multiculturalism in the novels of Ishmael Reed / Jennifer A. Jordan
  • The politics of addiction and adaptation: dis/ease transmission in Octavia E. Butler's Survivor and fledgling / Mildred R. Mickle
  • "When the women tell stories": healing in Edwidge Danticat's Breath, eyes, memory / Tara T. Green
  • The coming-of-age of the contemporary African American novel: Olympia Vernon's Eden, Logic, and, A killing in this town / Dana A. Williams
  • Another night, another story: the frame narrative in Toni Morrison's Paradise and Alf Laylah wa Laylah [The Arabian nights] / Majda R. Atieh
  • A stranger on the bus: Reginald McKnight's I get on the bus as complex journey / Sandra Y. Govan
  • Re-imagining the academy: story and pedagogy in contemporary African American fiction / Eleanor W. Traylor.

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