Wrestling Angels into Song : The Fictions of Ernest J. Gaines and James Alan McPherson /

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Herman Beavers offers a richly nuanced study of Ernes J. Gaines, James Alan McPherson, and Ralph Ellison as writers who have found ways to invest circumstances that might otherwise be seen as sites of squalor or despair with a sense of cultural vitality. He examines the Ellisonian themes and motifs...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beavers, Herman
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
McPherson, James Alan, > 1943-2016
Gaines, Ernest J., > 1933-2019
Gaines, Ernest J., > 1933- > Criticism and interpretation.
McPherson, James Alan, > 1943- > Criticism and interpretation.
McPherson, James Alan, > 1943-2016 > Criticism and interpretation.
Gaines, Ernest J., > 1933-2019 > Criticism and interpretation.
Literature.
American fiction > African American authors.
American fiction.
African Americans in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > African American.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Noirs americains dans la litterature.
Roman americain > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Roman americain > Auteurs noirs americains > Histoire et critique.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism.
Louisiana.
Louisiane > Dans la litterature.
Louisiana > In literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Herman Beavers offers a richly nuanced study of Ernes J. Gaines, James Alan McPherson, and Ralph Ellison as writers who have found ways to invest circumstances that might otherwise be seen as sites of squalor or despair with a sense of cultural vitality. He examines the Ellisonian themes and motifs the two later writers take up in their fiction, and looks at Ellison's influence on the strategies they enact to construct themselves as American writers.For Beavers, the fictions of Ellison, Gaines, and McPherson are peopled by characters who value acts of storytelling and whose stories frame a fuller, more complex, and more inclusive version of American identity than those the dominant white culture has allowed.
Physical Description:1 online resource (296 pages).
ISBN:9781512800852

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