African American Literature Beyond Race : An Alternative Reader / ed. by Gene Andrew Jarrett.
Jarrett, Gene Andrew, contributor.; Jarrett, Gene Andrew, editor.
2006
PS647.A35 A346 2006
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Title African American Literature Beyond Race : An Alternative Reader / ed. by Gene Andrew Jarrett.
ISBN 9780814743751
DOI https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814743751.001.0001
Published New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2006]
Copyright ©2006
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers 10.18574/nyu/9780814743751.001.0001 doi
Call Number PS647.A35 A346 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification 813.008/0896073 813.0080896073
Summary 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. As a result, writings that are not preoccupied with race have long been invisible-unpublished, out of print, absent from libraries, rarely discussed among scholars, and omitted from anthologies.However, some of our most celebrated African American authors-from Zora Neale Hurston and Richard Wright to James Baldwin and Toni Morrison-have resisted this canonical rule, even at the cost of critical dismissal and commercial failure. African American Literature Beyond Race revives this remarkable literary corpus, presenting sixteen short stories, novelettes, and excerpts of novels-from the postbellum nineteenth century to the late twentieth century-that demonstrate this act of literary defiance. Each selection is paired with an original introduction by one of today's leading scholars of African American literature, including Hazel V. Carby, Gerald Early, Mae G. Henderson, George Hutchinson, Carla Peterson, Amritjit Singh, and Werner Sollors.By casting African Americans in minor roles and marking the protagonists as racially white, neutral, or ambiguous, these works of fiction explore the thematic complexities of human identity, relations, and culture. At the same time, they force us to confront the basic question, "What is African American literature?"Stories by: James Baldwin, Octavia E. Butler, Samuel R. Delany, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Chester B. Himes, Zora Neale Hurston, Nella Larsen, Toni Morrison, Ann Petry, Wallace Thurman, Jean Toomer, Frank J. Webb, Richard Wright, and Frank Yerby.Critical Introductions by: Hazel V. Carby, John Charles, Gerald Early, Hazel Arnett Ervin, Matthew Guterl, Mae G. Henderson, George B. Hutchinson, Gene Jarrett, Carla L. Peterson, Amritjit Singh, Werner Sollors, and Jeffrey Allen Tucker.
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Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction "Not Necessarily Race Matter"
Part I Postbellum Period, 1865-1900
Chapter 1 Frank J.Webb (1828-1894)
Chapter 2 Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1859-1930)
Chapter 3 Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906)
Part II Between the World Wars, 1919-1940
Chapter 4 Nella Larsen (1893-1964)
Chapter 5 Jean Toomer (1894-1967)
Chapter 6 Wallace Thurman (1902-1934)
Part III After World War II, 1945-1960
Chapter 7 Frank Yerby (1915-1991)
Chapter 8 Ann Petry (1908-1997)
Chapter 9 Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960)
Chapter 10 Chester B. Himes (1909-1984)
Chapter 11 Richard Wright (1908-1960)
Chapter 12 James Baldwin (1924-1987)
Part IV Contemporary Period after 1965
Chapter 13 Samuel R. Delany (b. 1942)
Chapter 14 Toni Morrison (b. 1931)
Chapter 15 Octavia E. Butler (b. 1947)
Select Bibliography
About the Contributors
Index

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