Deans and truants : race and realism in African American literature / Gene Andrew Jarrett.
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 American? Jarrett traces the shifting definitions of African American literature and the authors who wrote beyond those boundaries...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2007].
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| Summary: | 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 American? Jarrett traces the shifting definitions of African American literature and the authors who wrote beyond those boundaries at the cost of critical dismissal or obscurity. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (223 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-215) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780812202359 081220235X |
| Language: | In English. |