Title Ethics of swagger : prizewinning African American novels, 1977-1993 / Michael DeRell Hill

Published Columbus : Ohio State University Press, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (195 pages) Series Book collections on Project MUSE Contents Beloved and Black prizewinning -- Authorized mentors : to Africa and back in The color purple and Middle passage -- A lesson before dying as style guide -- One to write on : communion without consensus in The women of Brewster Place and Jazz -- Hunting inheritance in Song of Solomon and The Chaneysville incident -- Measured achievement : Sent for you yesterday's and Philadelphia fire's failed artists Summary After World War II and well beyond the Black Arts Movement, African American novelists struggled with white literary expectations imposed upon them. Aesthetics as varied as New Criticism and Deconstruction fueled these struggles, and Black writers facing these struggles experienced an ethical crisis. Analyzing prizewinning, creative fellowship, and artistic style, this book considers what factors ended that crisis. The book explores how novelists who won major prizes between 1977 and 1993 helped move authors of Black fiction through insecurity toward autonomy Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-184) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Wideman, John Edgar -- Criticism and interpretation Walker, Alice, 1944- -- Criticism and interpretation Naylor, Gloria -- Criticism and interpretation Morrison, Toni -- Criticism and interpretation Johnson, Charles, 1948- -- Criticism and interpretation Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-2019 -- Criticism and interpretation Bradley, David, 1950- -- Criticism and interpretation SUBJECT Wideman, John Edgar -- Criticism and interpretation Walker, Alice, 1944- -- Criticism and interpretation Naylor, Gloria -- Criticism and interpretation Morrison, Toni -- Criticism and interpretation Johnson, Charles (Charles Richard), 1948- -- Criticism and interpretation Gaines, Ernest J., 1933- -- Criticism and interpretation Bradley, David, 1950- -- Criticism and interpretation Bradley, David, 1950- fast (OCoLC)fst00065298 Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-2019 fast (OCoLC)fst00004812 Johnson, Charles, 1948- fast (OCoLC)fst01798668 Morrison, Toni. fast (OCoLC)fst00062028 Naylor, Gloria. fast (OCoLC)fst00082120 Walker, Alice, 1944- fast (OCoLC)fst00043003 Wideman, John Edgar. fast (OCoLC)fst00105694 Subject American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism American fiction -- African American authors -- History and criticism American fiction. American fiction -- African American authors. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book LC no. 2012041797 ISBN 9780814270127 0814270123 0814293158 9780814293157

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