Author: Abiola Irele
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521855608
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 309
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An overview of the key novels and novelists of the continent, covering multiple cultures and languages.
Author: Maryemma Graham
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139826840
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 342
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The Cambridge Companion to the African American Novel presents new essays covering the one hundred and fifty year history of the African American novel. Experts in the field from the US and Europe address some of the major issues in the genre: passing, the Protest novel, the Blues novel, and womanism among others. The essays are full of fresh insights for students into the symbolic, aesthetic, and political function of canonical and non-canonical fiction. Chapters examine works by Ralph Ellison, Leon Forrest, Toni Morrison, Ishmael Reed, Alice Walker, John Edgar Wideman, and many others. They reflect a range of critical methods intended to prompt new and experienced readers to consider the African American novel as a cultural and literary act of extraordinary significance. This volume, including a chronology and guide to further reading, is an important resource for students and teachers alike.
Author: Cyrus R. K. Patell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139825410
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages :
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New York holds a special place in America's national mythology as both the gateway to the USA and as a diverse, vibrant cultural center distinct from the rest of the nation. From the international atmosphere of the Dutch colony New Amsterdam, through the expansion of the city in the nineteenth century, to its unique appeal to artists and writers in the twentieth, New York has given its writers a unique perspective on American culture. This Companion explores the range of writing and performance in the city, celebrating Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, Edith Wharton, Eugene O'Neill, and Allen Ginsberg among a host of authors who have contributed to the city's rich literary and cultural history. Illustrated and featuring a chronology and guide to further reading, this book is the ideal guide for students of American literature as well as for all who love New York and its writers.
Author: Angelyn Mitchell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521858887
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 337
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The Cambridge Companion to African American Women's Literature covers a period dating back to the eighteenth century. These specially commissioned essays highlight the artistry, complexity and diversity of a literary tradition that ranges from Lucy Terry to Toni Morrison. A wide range of topics are addressed, from the Harlem Renaissance to the Black Arts Movement, and from the performing arts to popular fiction. Together, the essays provide an invaluable guide to a rich, complex tradition of women writers in conversation with each other as they critique American society and influence American letters. Accessible and vibrant, with the needs of undergraduate students in mind, this Companion will be of great interest to anybody who wishes to gain a deeper understanding of this important and vital area of American literature.
Author: Maryemma Graham
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521016371
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 338
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This Companion presents new essays covering the one hundred and fifty year history of the African American novel.
Author: Ezra Tawil
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107048761
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 297
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This book brings together leading scholars to examine slavery in American literature from the eighteenth century to the present day.
Author: Eric Bulson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107156211
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 339
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This Companion focuses on the novel as a global genre and examines its role, impact and development.
Author: Ato Quayson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107132819
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 335
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This Companion provides an engaging account of the postcolonial novel, from Joseph Conrad to Jean Rhys. Covering subjects from disability and diaspora to the sublime and the city, this Companion reveals the myriad traditions that have shaped the postcolonial literary landscape.
Author: Ross Posnock
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139827103
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages :
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Ralph Ellison's classic 1952 novel Invisible Man is one of the most important and controversial novels in the American canon and remains widely read and studied. This Companion provides an introduction to this influential and significant novelist and critic and to his masterpiece. It features essays by leading scholars, a chronology and a guide to further reading. The essays reveal alternative dimensions of Ellison's art radiating out from Invisible Man into other domains - technology, political theory, law, photography, music, religion - and recover the compelling urgency and relevance of Ellison's political and artistic vision. Since Ellison's death his published oeuvre has been expanded by several major volumes - his collected essays, the fragment of a novel, Juneteenth (1999), letters and short stories - examined here in the context of his life and work. Students and scholars of Ellison and of American and African-American literature will find this an invaluable and accessible guide.
Author: Leslie Howsam
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107023734
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 301
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Book Description
An accessible and wide-ranging study of the history of the book within local, national and global contexts.
