Being & Race: Black Writing Since 1970Indiana University Press, 1988 - 132 strani "Charles Johnson approaches contemporary black literature through the lens of phenomenology. Drawing on such philosophers as Heidegger, Husserl, Sartre, and Dufrenne, Johnson addresses the esthetic and epistemological questions surrounding the black experience as expressed by African American authors. In exploring the works of Wright, Toomer, Bradley, and many more, Being and Race enlarges our vision of what fiction's purpose is and how it arises from our common experiences"--Publisher's description (electronic edition). |
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... novel for an entire region of America . However , it would be misleading if I left the impression that the novel has no faults . While evocations such as this one give Bradley's novel density , they remain static ; the characters so ...
... novel for an entire region of America . However , it would be misleading if I left the impression that the novel has no faults . While evocations such as this one give Bradley's novel density , they remain static ; the characters so ...
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... novel that extends these meditations ; and Praisesong for the Widow ( 1983 ) , her third novel , tracing the transfor- mation of a middle - class , middle - age widow named Avey Johnson into a woman healed of her identity crisis and ...
... novel that extends these meditations ; and Praisesong for the Widow ( 1983 ) , her third novel , tracing the transfor- mation of a middle - class , middle - age widow named Avey Johnson into a woman healed of her identity crisis and ...
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... novel's pacing is off , and her tendency to pad out sections of Song of Solomon leads to a loss of propulsion or oomph in the novel until the end . And , as in many other black novels , Morrison's fictional universe seems lacking in ...
... novel's pacing is off , and her tendency to pad out sections of Song of Solomon leads to a loss of propulsion or oomph in the novel until the end . And , as in many other black novels , Morrison's fictional universe seems lacking in ...
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Being and Fiction | 30 |
Being and Form | 47 |
The Men | 57 |
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