Excavating Exodus : biblical typology and racial solidarity in African American literature /

"Excavating Exodus examines adaptations of Moses' story in novels, newspapers, and speeches from the antebellum period to the Civil Rights era. By asking how Moses became a touchstone for notions of race loyalty, Excavating Exodus traces how Black intellectuals reinvented the Mosaic model...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cohen, J. Laurence (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Clemson] : Clemson University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Series:African American literature series.
Subjects:
Moses > (Biblical leader) > In literature.
Moses > (Biblical leader)
1800-1999
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
Typology (Theology) in literature.
Exodus, The, in literature.
Exodus, The > Typology.
African Americans > Race identity.
African Americans > Intellectual life > 19th century.
African Americans > Intellectual life > 20th century.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Typologie (Théologie) dans la littérature.
Exode dans la littérature.
Noirs américains > Identité ethnique.
Noirs américains > Vie intellectuelle > 19e siècle.
Noirs américains > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siècle.
Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Literature: history & criticism.
Literary Criticism > American > African American.
African Americans > Intellectual life
African Americans > Race identity
American literature
American literature > African American authors
Exodus, The, in literature
Exodus, The > Typology
Literature
Typology (Theology) in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Moses in African American religious culture
  • Mosaic subjectivity in David Walker and Frances Harper
  • Typological plasticity in Martin Delany, Herman Melville, and Harriet Beecher Stowe
  • Moses vs. the masses : Alain Locke, Aesthetic Uplift, and Zora Neale Hurston
  • The end of Exodus? : the dissolution of Mosaic leadership in Ralph Ellison and William Melvin Kelley
  • Ralph Ellison and the dangers of the Moses complex
  • The end of Exodus? : the dissolution of Mosaic leadership in William Melvin Kelley
  • Conclusion: Moses eternal.

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