Racial discourse and cosmopolitanism in twentieth-century African American writing /

This book engages the critical mode of cosmopolitanism through racial discourse in the work of several major twentieth-century African American authors, such as W.E.B. Du Bois, Jean Toomer, Jessie Fauset, Langston Hughes and Albert Murray.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Friedel, Tania, 1973-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Routledge, 2008.
Colección:Studies in African American history and culture.
Temas:
1900-1999
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Cosmopolitanism in literature.
Race in literature.
African Americans > Intellectual life > 20th century.
African Americans in literature.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Cosmopolitisme dans la littérature.
Race dans la littérature.
Noirs américains > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
African Americans in literature
African Americans > Intellectual life
American literature
American literature > African American authors
Cosmopolitanism in literature
Race in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • STUDIES IN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE; Contents; Credit Lines; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One Cane's Betrayal and Jean Toomer's Untethered Universalism; "THIS NEW AMERICAN RACE": MISCEGENATION AS SOLUTION; "FACING" THE SOUTH: MISCEGENATION AS DIFFICULT YET CREATIVE TENSION; THE BETRAYAL OF CANE: FROM HARMONY TO DISSONANCE; "THE WHOLE THING LINKED AND ORGANIC": MODERNITY, FRAGMENTATION AND THE DESIRE FOR WHOLENESS; "MANKIND UNITED": TOOMER'S FLIGHTS OF UNIVERSALIST FANCY.

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