Race and the literary encounter : black literature from James Weldon Johnson to Percival Everett /
Larkin, Lesley,
Race and the literary encounter : black literature from James Weldon Johnson to Percival Everett / Lesley Larkin. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource. - Blacks in the diaspora .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: Scenes of reading, scenes of racialization: modern and contemporary black literature -- Unbinding the double audience: James Weldon Johnson -- Speakerly reading: Zora Neale Hurston -- Close reading "You": Ralph Ellison -- Erasing precious: Sapphire and Percival Everett -- Reading and being read: Jamaica Kincaid -- Epilogue: Toward a theory and pedagogy of responsible reading: Toni Morrison.
9780253017895
American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
Race in literature.
Books and reading--Social aspects--United States.
African Americans--Books and reading.
African Americans in literature.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
Electronic Books.
PS153 / .R334 2015
Race and the literary encounter : black literature from James Weldon Johnson to Percival Everett / Lesley Larkin. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource. - Blacks in the diaspora .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: Scenes of reading, scenes of racialization: modern and contemporary black literature -- Unbinding the double audience: James Weldon Johnson -- Speakerly reading: Zora Neale Hurston -- Close reading "You": Ralph Ellison -- Erasing precious: Sapphire and Percival Everett -- Reading and being read: Jamaica Kincaid -- Epilogue: Toward a theory and pedagogy of responsible reading: Toni Morrison.
9780253017895
American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
Race in literature.
Books and reading--Social aspects--United States.
African Americans--Books and reading.
African Americans in literature.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
Electronic Books.
PS153 / .R334 2015