The wings of Atalanta : essays written along the color line /

Employing close reading of a kind usually associated with the study of lyric poetry, this book offers a general framework for reading African-American (and American) literature.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Richardson, Mark, 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Rochester, New York : Camden House, 2019.
Series:Studies in American literature and culture.
Subjects:
African Americans in literature.
Racism in literature.
American literature > History and criticism.
Noirs américains dans la littérature.
Racisme dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frederick Douglass and the philosophy of slavery
  • W.E.B. Du Bois and the redemption of the body
  • The mephistophelean skepticism of Stephen Crane
  • Charles Chesnutt: nowhere to turn
  • Richard Wright: exile as Native son
  • Peasant dreams: reading on the road
  • Conclusion.

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