The Routledge Introduction to African American Literature
Seiten
2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-83965-5 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-83965-5 (ISBN)
The Routledge Introduction to African American Literature considers the key literary, political, historical and intellectual contexts of African American literature from its origins to the present, and also provides students with an analysis of the most up-to-date literary trends and debates in African American literature. This accessible and engaging guide covers a variety of essential topics such as:
Vernacular, Oral, and Blues Traditions in Literature
Slave Narratives and Their Influence
The Harlem Renaissance
Mid-twentieth century black American Literature
Literature of the civil rights and Black Power era
Contemporary African American Writing
Key thematic and theoretical debates within the field
Examining the relationship between the literature and its historical and sociopolitical contexts, D. Quentin Miller covers key authors and works as well as less canonical writers and themes, including literature and music, female authors, intersectionality and transnational black writing.
Vernacular, Oral, and Blues Traditions in Literature
Slave Narratives and Their Influence
The Harlem Renaissance
Mid-twentieth century black American Literature
Literature of the civil rights and Black Power era
Contemporary African American Writing
Key thematic and theoretical debates within the field
Examining the relationship between the literature and its historical and sociopolitical contexts, D. Quentin Miller covers key authors and works as well as less canonical writers and themes, including literature and music, female authors, intersectionality and transnational black writing.
Quentin Miller is Professor of English at Suffolk University, USA.
1. Introduction
2. The Era of Slavery
3. Reconstruction through the 1910s
4. The Era of the Harlem Renaissance
5. Mid-Twentieth Century Literature
6. The 1960s and the Black Arts Movement
7. The Flourishing of Black Women Writers and the Return to Black History
8. Twenty-first Century Writing: A Time of Reckoning
Reihe/Serie | Routledge Introductions to American Literature |
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Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Gewicht | 317 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-415-83965-3 / 0415839653 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-415-83965-5 / 9780415839655 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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