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Black Orpheusby Saadi Simawe
Routledge 2000; US$ 105.00In twentieth-century African American fiction, music has been elevated to the level of religion primarily because of its power as a medium of freedom. This collection explores literary invocations of music. more...
"Born in a Mighty Bad Land"by Jerry H. Bryant
Indiana University Press 2003; US$ 15.95The figure of the violent man in the African American imagination has a long history. He can be found in 19th-century bad man ballads like "Stagolee" and "John Hardy," as well as in the black convict recitations that influenced "gangsta" rap. "Born in a Mighty Bad Land" connects this figure with similar characters in African American fiction. Many writers -- McKay and Hurston in the Harlem Renaissance; Wright, Baldwin, and Ellison in the '40s and '50s; Himes in the '50s and '60s -- saw the "bad nigger" as an archetypal figure in the black imagination and psyche. "Blaxploitation" novels in the '70s made him a virtually... more...
Body Politics and the Fictional Doubleby Katie King; Debra Walker King
Indiana University Press 2000; US$ 15.15Body Politics and the Fictional Double Edited by Debra Walker King Examines the disjunction between women's appearance and reality. In recent years, questions concerning "the body" and its place in postmodern discourses have taken center stage in academic disciplines. Body Politics joins these discussions by focusing on the challenges women face when their externally defined identities and representations as bodies -- their body fictions -- speak louder than what they know to be their true selves. Racialized, gendered, or homophobic body fictions disfigure individuals by placing them beneath a veil of invisibility... more...
The Detective in Fictionby L. David Allen
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1978; US$ 5.99The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background — all to help you gain greater insight into great works you're bound to study for school or pleasure. In CliffsNotes on The Detective in Fiction, you explore the world of science fiction writing, complete with a look at some leading literary works. Covering the rules for science fiction writing, this study guide also looks into exactly what defines detective fiction. You'll find critical commentaries on "The Purloined Letter," "The Adventures of the Speckled Band," Black Orchids , and the following: The Moonstone Whose Body? The Benson Murder Case The Murder of Roger Ackroyd What Mrs.... more...
Dangerous Potential of Readingby Ana-Isabel Aliaga-Buchenau
Routledge 2003; US$ 146.00This book examines the role of literacy, reading and books in the lives of protagonists in nineteenth-century American and French literature. more...
Narrative in the Professional Ageby Jennifer Cognard-Black
Routledge 2004; US$ 131.00Challenging previous studies that claim anxiety and antagonism between transatlantic Victorian authors, Jennifer Cognard-Black uncovers a model of reciprocal influence among three of the most popular women writers of the era. more...
Protest and the Body in Melville, Dos Passos, and Hurstonby Thomas McGlamery
Routledge 2004; US$ 131.00This book analyses the work of Herman Melville, John Dos Passos and Zora Neale Hurston alongside biographical materials and discourses on the body. more...
Emerging Afrikan Survivalsby Kemayo Kamau
Routledge 2003; US$ 128.00This work sets forth the guidelines for an Afrocentric literary theory and applies that theory to three novels: Invisible Man , Song of Solomon and The Chaneysville Incident . more...
Racial Blasphemiesby Michael Cobb
Routledge 2005; US$ 171.00Using critical race theory and literary analysis, this book charts the tense, frustrated religious language that saturates much twentieth-century American literature. more...
Reading the Text That Isn't Thereby Mike Davis
Routledge 2005; US$ 131.00Through a careful examination of the work of the canonical nineteenth-century novelists, Mike Davis traces conspiracies and conspiratorial fantasy from one narrative site to another. more...