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Inventing the new Negro Inventing the new Negro Daphne Mary Lamothe "It is no coincidence, Daphne Lamothe writes, that so many black writers and intellectuals of the first half of the twentieth century either trained formally as ethnographers or worked as amateur col… OL11869518W
Just us girls Just us girls Wendy Rountree vi, 124 p. ; 23 cm OL11913918W
Sitting in Darkness Sitting in Darkness Peter Schmidt Sitting in Darkness explores how fiction of the Reconstruction and the New South intervenes in debates over black schools, citizen-building, Jim Crow discrimination, and U.S. foreign policy towards i… OL1452983W
Theorizing black theatre Theorizing black theatre Henry Miller "This volume reveals a comprehensive view of the Art or Propaganda debate. Among others, this text addresses the works of Langston Hughes, W.E.B Dubois, Alain Locke, Lorraine Hansberry, Amiri Baraka,… OL16470023W
Conditions of the present Conditions of the present Lindon Barrett Collects essays by the late Lindon Barrett, whose scholarship centers African American literature as a site from which to theorize race and liberation in the United States. Barrett confronts critical… OL17889567W
Richard Wright, a collection of critical essays Richard Wright, a collection of critical essays Richard Macksey Commentary on his background and his most famous novel, "Native Son," and his short fiction and later works. OL17904873W
Charles Chesnutt reappraised Charles Chesnutt reappraised David Garrett Izzo "Though he was the first African-American writer of fiction to win major acclaim, recent history has largely ignored the writings of Charles Chesnutt. This collection of essays seeks to confirm and r… OL18167617W
Contemporary African American fiction Contemporary African American fiction Butler, Robert 163 p. ; 25 cm OL1846513W
African American mystery writers African American mystery writers Frankie Y. Bailey "This book examines works of African American mystery writers within the social and historical contexts of African American literature on crime and justice. Chapters cover the movement by Black autho… OL1957003W
Pimping fictions Pimping fictions Justin Gifford Gifford provides a hard-boiled investigation of hundreds of pulpy paperbacks written by Chester Himes, Donald Goines, and Iceberg Slim (aka Robert Beck), among many others. He draws from an impressiv… OL19662495W
Suzan-Lori Parks Suzan-Lori Parks Philip C. Kolin "Suzan-Lori Parks' plays capture the nightmares of African Americans endangered by a white establishment. These essays address Parks' works. There is a production chronology of her plays and intervie… OL19941924W
The Harlem Renaissance The Harlem Renaissance Cheryl A. Wall "The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural awakening among African Americans between the two world wars. It was the cultural phase of the "New Negro" movement, a social and political phenomenon that prom… OL20040722W
A Beautiful Pageant A Beautiful Pageant David Krasner "The Harlem Renaissance was the time when Harlem came alive with theatre, drama, sports, dance and politics. David Krasner paints a vibrant portrait of the exciting years 1910 to 1927 and the divers… OL2647373W
Black male fiction and the legacy of Caliban Black male fiction and the legacy of Caliban Coleman, James W. "Black Male Fiction and the Legacy of Caliban is the first book to analyze a substantial body of black male fiction from a central perspective. Coleman analyzes the modern and postmodern novels of Jo… OL4647525W
Ralph Ellison's Invisible man Ralph Ellison's Invisible man Anthony S. Abbott A guide to reading "Invisible Man" with a critical and appreciative mind encouraging analysis of plot, style, form, and structure. Also includes background on the author's life and times, sample test… OL4977848W
Impossible witnesses Impossible witnesses Dwight A. McBride Black literary production during the 19th century was dominated by the issues of slavery, racial subjugation, abolitionist politics and liberation. This book examines how those authors bore witness t… OL5714029W
Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance, Second Edition Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance, Second Edition Aberjhani,Sandra L. West,Clement Alexander Price In this, the world’s first *Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance*, readers do something more than witness the triumphs and tragedies of poets such as Langston Hughes and Jean Toomer, novelists like… OL5968389W
Spiritual, blues, and jazz people in African American fiction Spiritual, blues, and jazz people in African American fiction A. Yemisi Jimoh "In this book, A. Yemisi Jimoh demonstrates the critical influence of music on the fiction of various twentieth-century African American writers. Exploring novels and short stories by Toni Morrison, … OL6208711W
Voices from the quarters Voices from the quarters Doyle, Mary Ellen ""Who will write about the way my people talk, the way my people sing?" Mary Ellen Doyle gathers and makes audible the voices arising from all of Ernest J. Gaines's fiction to date - the indelible ch… OL6211374W
The Black "I" The Black "I" Devon Boan x, 131 p. ; 23 cm OL6212719W
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