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It is widely accepted that the canon of African American literature has racial realism at its core: African American protagonists, social settings, cultural symbols, and racial-political discourse. This literary corpus…
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It is widely accepted that the canon of African American literature has racial realism at its core. This book aims to show that some celebrated African American authors, such as…
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Gene Andrew Jarrett
A political history of African American literature
For a work to be considered African American literature, does it need to focus on African American characters? Or is it enough for the author to be identified as African…
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On the 150th anniversary of his birth, a definitive new biography of a pivotal figure in American literary history
A major poet, Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) was one of the…
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The definitive biography of a pivotal figure in American literary history
A major poet, Paul Laurence Dunbar (18721906) was one of the first African American writers to garner international recognition…
A Companion to African American Literature presents a comprehensive overview of the field from the eighteenth century to the present day. Embracing the full range of African American literature, essays…
The Wiley Blackwell Anthology of African American Literature is a comprehensive collection of poems, short stories, novellas, novels, plays, autobiographies, and essays authored by African Americans from the eighteenth century…
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Claude McKay
An autobiography that explains what it means to be a black rebel sojourner and presents the exposes of the Harlem Renaissance. This book challenges readers to rethink the author’s articulation…
When African American intellectuals announced the birth of the ‘New Negro’ around the turn of the twentieth century, they were attempting through a bold act of renaming to change the…
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Presents four Dunbar novels under one cover for the first time, allowing readers to assess why he was such a seminal influence on the twentieth century African American writers who…
The Complete Stories of Paul Laurence Dunbar showcases his gifts as a writer of short fiction and provides key insights into the tensions and themes of Dunbar’s literary achievement.
The son of former slaves, Paul Laurence Dunbar was one of the most prominent figures in American literature at the turn of the twentieth century.
