Figures in Black : words, signs, and the "racial" self / Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Argues that Black literature cannot be characterized strictly as social realism, and offers a textual analysis of works by eighteenth- to twentieth-century Black writers.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1987.
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| Summary: | Argues that Black literature cannot be characterized strictly as social realism, and offers a textual analysis of works by eighteenth- to twentieth-century Black writers. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | xxxii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Bibliography: pages 277-296. |
| ISBN: | 019503564X (alk. paper) 9780195035643 (alk. paper) 0195060741 (pbk) 9780195060744 (pbk) |