King, Lovalerie
New Essays on the African American Novel
1. Introduction
Lovalerie King, Linda F. Selzer
2. Anna Julia Cooper, Charles Chesnutt, and The Hampton Folklore Society—Constructing a Black Folk Aesthetic through Folklore and Memory
Shirley C. Moody
3. Blues Narratology and the African American Novel
Andrew Scheiber
4. “—And I Might Even Be Said to Possess a Mind”: Hibernation, Psychoanalysis, and Schizophrenia in
James Sterling King
5. “A Different Kind of Experiment”: Clarence Major’s
William R. Nash
6. Dreaming and Waking in Wonderland:
Gena E. Chandler
7. Dancing Minds and Plays in the Dark: Intersections of Fiction and Critical Texts in Gayl Jones’s
Dana A. Williams
8. Railroading the Novel: Gayl Jones’s
Sarah Jane Cervenak
9. Reaping What She Sows: The Evolution of African American Female
Brenda R. Smith
10. Seeking Space to Save Humanity: Spatial Realignments as a Structuring Motif in Octavia E. Butler’s
Mildred R. Mickle
11. Specters of Public Massacre: Violence and the Collective in Toni Morrison’s
Shreerekha Subramanian
12. The Literate Pimp: Robert Beck, Iceberg Slim, and Pimping the African American Novel
Candice Love Jackson
13. Edward Christopher Williams and the Other Washington Novel
Jeffrey Charis-Carlson
14. Stomping the Blues No More? Hip Hop Aesthetics and Contemporary African American Literature
Richard Schur
15. The Rise of Colson Whitehead: Hi-Tech Narratives and Literary Ascent
Howard Rambsy
16. “Nothing But A Man”: Racial Identity and Musical Production in
Michael New
Keywords: Literature, North American Literature, Twentieth-Century Literature, Literary Theory, Cultural Theory, Fiction
- Editor
- King, Lovalerie
- Selzer, Linda F.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publication year
- 2008
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 290 pages
- Category
- Litterary Studies
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9780230612754
- Printed ISBN
- 978-1-349-60292-6