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African American literature of the twenty-first century and the Black Arts : the case of John Edgar Wideman
- Title
- African American literature of the twenty-first century and the Black Arts : the case of John Edgar Wideman / Stephen Casmier.
- Author
- Casmier, Stephen, 1961-
- Publication
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2021]
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Details
- Description
- xxvii, 201 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "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"--
- Subjects
- Black author
- American fiction > 21st century > Criticism and interpretation
- American fiction > 20th century > Criticism and interpretation
- American fiction > African American authors > Criticism and interpretation
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Black Arts movement
- African Americans in literature
- Wideman, John Edgar > Criticism and interpretation
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Wideman, Contemporary Writers, and the Black Arts -- Reuben and the Sorcerer -- Philadelphia Fire and the Art of Bundling the Inchoate -- The Cattle Killing and the Art of the Slavery Narrative Conjure -- Two Cities and the Art of Breaking Writing's "Spell" -- Fanon and the Art of Spiritualizing Narrative -- Writing to Save a Life and the Art of Hagiography as Possessed Text (Texto Montado) -- Conclusion: A "Very Igbo Understanding" -- Works cited -- Appendix: Interview with John Edgar Wideman, June 2019: Keeping the Language of Fiction Alive.
- Call Number
- Sc E 22-547
- ISBN
- 9781793614605
- 1793614601
- LCCN
- 2021017989
- OCLC
- 1246286032
- Author
- Casmier, Stephen, 1961- author.
- Title
- African American literature of the twenty-first century and the Black Arts : the case of John Edgar Wideman / Stephen Casmier.
- Publisher
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2021]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Casmier, Stephen, 1961- African American literature of the twenty-first century and the Black Arts Lanham : Lexington Books, [2021] 9781793614612 (DLC) 2021017990
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 22-547