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Author : Chester Hedgepeth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015020836436
Biographical and critical information on contemporary African-American artists. Each entry includes birth and death dates, education, awards, and affiliations.
Author : Mary Washington
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780231152709
Examines African American writers and artists of the 1950s, tracing leftist ideas and activism within their work, recounts the events of the 1959 Black Writers' Conference and explores the ongoing influence of the Black Popular Front.
Author : Chris Murray
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2005-06-27
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781134597215
Key Writers on Art: The Twentieth Century offers a unique and authoritative guide to modern responses to art. Featuring 48 essays on the most important twentieth century writers and thinkers and written by an international panel of expert contributors, it introduces readers to key approaches and analytical tools used in the study of contemporary art. It discusses writers such as Adorno, Barthes, Benjamin, Freud, Greenberg, Heuser, Kristeva, Merleau-Ponty, Pollock, Read and Sontag.
Author : Jean-Christophe Cloutier
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780231550246
Recasting the history of African American literature, Shadow Archives brings to life a slew of newly discovered texts—including Claude McKay’s Amiable with Big Teeth—to tell the stories of black special collections and their struggle for institutional recognition. Jean-Christophe Cloutier offers revelatory readings of major African American writers, including McKay, Richard Wright, Ann Petry, and Ralph Ellison, and provides a nuanced view of how archival methodology, access, and the power dynamics of acquisitions shape literary history. Shadow Archives argues that the notion of the archive is crucial to our understanding of postwar African American literary history. Cloutier combines his own experiences as a researcher and archivist with a theoretically rich account of the archive to offer a pioneering study of the importance of African American authors’ archival practices and how these shaped their writing. Given the lack of institutions dedicated to the black experience, the novel became an alternative site of historical preservation, a means to ensure both individual legacy and group survival. Such archivism manifests in the work of these authors through evolving lifecycles where documents undergo repurposing, revision, insertion, falsification, transformation, and fictionalization, sometimes across decades. An innovative interdisciplinary consideration of literary papers, Shadow Archives proposes new ways for literary scholars to engage with the archive.
Author : Ralph D. Story
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2001-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781581121223
The literary expression of Afro-Americans has been scrutinized and criticized in exhaustive detail, yet historically perceived by many American and English literary scholars are qualitatively and quantitatively underdeveloped. This was the view held by many literary scholars until the late 1960s when Afro-American literary scholars and black students argued forcefully and convincingly in favor of the plays, short stories, poetry and novels written by Afro-Americans. Despite such noteworthy efforts, however, few scholars have investigated the uneven and sporadic appearance of publications, or the absence of publications, by black writers in any comprehensive fashion. Thus, the dissertation examines the various extra-literary problems faced by Afro-American writers which have contributed to either many--or few--of their works emerging in print in any era.
Author : Keneth Kinnamon
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781476609126
African-American writer Richard Wright (1908–1960) was celebrated during the early 1940s for his searing autobiography (Black Boy) and fiction (Native Son). By 1947 he felt so unwelcome in his homeland that he exiled himself and his family in Paris. But his writings changed American culture forever, and today they are mainstays of literature and composition classes. He and his works are also the subjects of numerous critical essays and commentaries by contemporary writers. This volume presents a comprehensive annotated bibliography of those essays, books, and articles from 1983 through 2003. Arranged alphabetically by author within years are some 8,320 entries ranging from unpublished dissertations to book-length studies of African American literature and literary criticism. Also included as an appendix are addenda to the author’s earlier bibliography covering the years from 1934 through 1982. This is the exhaustive reference for serious students of Richard Wright and his critics.
Author : Robert Coles
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780429753169
Originally published in 1999 Black Writers Abroad puts forward the theory that African American literature was born, partially within the context of a people and its writers who lived, for the most part, in slavery and bondage prior to the Civil War. It is an in-depth study of black American writers who, left the United States as expatriates. The book discusses the people that left, where they went, why they left and why they did or did not return, from the nineteenth century to the twentieth century. It seeks to explain the impact exile had upon these authors’ literary work and careers, as well as upon African American literary history.
Author : Jules Heller,Nancy G. Heller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1941 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135638894
First Published in 1997. North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary was created to fill a gap of there being a comprehensive reference work like this available, even though the bibliography in English on various aspects of the history of women artists has grown exponentially during the past ten years. As researchers, the editors have been frustrated many times by being unable to locate basic information about many of the artists included in this volume—especially those working outside the United States. This leads directly to another reason for producing this particular kind of reference book—to try and create a better understanding between and among the artists and art audiences in these countries.
Author : Paul Laurence Dunbar,Hampton Normal and Agricultural Insti,Margaret Armstrong
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1020942665
Celebrate the life and achievements of one of America's greatest poets, Paul Laurence Dunbar, in this stunning volume that pairs his poetry with vibrant illustrations by students of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute Camera Club. From the iconic 'We Wear the Mask' to lesser-known gems such as 'When Malindy Sings, ' this book offers a comprehensive overview of Dunbar's work and legacy that is both beautiful and inspiring. With an informative introduction and detailed notes, this volume is a must-have for anyone who loves poetry, history, or the beauty of the written word. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Alice Walker
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781453224007
An American woman struggles with the genital mutilation she endured as a child in Africa in a New York Times bestseller “as compelling as The Color Purple” (San Francisco Chronicle). In Tashi’s tribe, the Olinka, young girls undergo female genital mutilation as an initiation into the community. Tashi manages to avoid this fate at first, but when pressed by tribal leaders, she submits. Years later, married and living in America as Evelyn Johnson, Tashi’s inner pain emerges. As she questions why such a terrifying, disfiguring sacrifice was required, she sorts through the many levels of subjugation with which she’s been burdened over the years. In Possessing the Secret of Joy, Alice Walker exposes the abhorrent practice of female genital mutilation in an unforgettable, moving novel. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Alice Walker including rare photos from the author’s personal collection. Possessing the Secret of Joy is the 3rd book in the Color Purple Collection, which also includes The Color Purple and The Temple of My Familiar.
Author : Stephen Casmier
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781793614612
The six novels that John Edgar Wideman wrote from 1987 to 2017 enable reassessment of the quarantining of the Black Arts movement by African American literary history. These works transform the novel into a charm or functional tool of the black arts, taking writing beyond the act of written representation.
Author : Elizabeth H. Oakes
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : American literature
ISBN : 9781438108094
"American Writers focuses on the rich diversity of American novelists
Author : John Cullen Gruesser
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780813158808
Black on Black provides the first comprehensive analysis of the modern African American literary response to Africa, from W.E.B. Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk to Alice Walker's The Color Purple. Combining cutting-edge theory, extensive historical and archival research, and close readings of individual texts, Gruesser reveals the diversity of the African American response to Countee Cullen's question, "What is Africa to Me?" John Gruesser uses the concept of Ethiopianism--the biblically inspired belief that black Americans would someday lead Africans and people of the diaspora to a bright future--to provide a framework for his study. Originating in the eighteenth century and inspiring religious and political movements throughout the 1800s, Ethiopianism dominated African American depictions of Africa in the first two decades of the twentieth century, particularly in the writings of Du Bois, Sutton Griggs, and Pauline Hopkins. Beginning with the Harlem Renaissance and continuing through the Italian invasion and occupation of Ethiopia, however, its influence on the portrayal of the continent slowly diminished. Ethiopianism's decline can first be seen in the work of writers closely associated with the New Negro Movement, including Alain Locke and Langston Hughes, and continued in the dramatic work of Shirley Graham, the novels of George Schuyler, and the poetry and prose of Melvin Tolson. The final rejection of Ethiopianism came after the dawning of the Cold War and roughly coincided with the advent of postcolonial Africa in works by authors such as Richard Wright, Lorraine Hansberry, and Alice Walker.
Author : Hans Ostrom,J. David Macey Jr.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 571 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9798216043034
This essential volume provides an overview of and introduction to African American writers and literary periods from their beginnings through the 21st century. This compact encyclopedia, aimed at students, selects the most important authors, literary movements, and key topics for them to know. Entries cover the most influential and highly regarded African American writers, including novelists, playwrights, poets, and nonfiction writers. The book covers key periods of African American literature—such as the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts Movement, and the Civil Rights Era—and touches on the influence of the vernacular, including blues and hip hop. The volume provides historical context for critical viewpoints including feminism, social class, and racial politics. Entries are organized A to Z and provide biographies that focus on the contributions of key literary figures as well as overviews, background information, and definitions for key subjects.
Author : Allan L. Edmunds
Publisher : Hudson Hills
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Art
ISBN : 1555952410
This comprehensive volume features exciting and cultrually diverse serigraphs, offset lithographs, and mixed media prints from the Bradywine Workshop