Redding, J. Saunders 1906-1988.

A Scholar's Conscience Selected Writings of J. Saunders Redding, 1942-1977. - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)1992. - 1 online resource (249 pages)

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Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I. Autobiographical Selections; ""A Writer's Heritage""; From No Day of Triumph; From On Being Negro in America; ""My Most Humiliating Jim Crow Experience""; II. Fiction; ""Lay the Burden Down""; III. History; ""The Rationale of Fear""; IV. Biography; ""Faith""; V. Journalism; From the Afro-American; VI. Travelogue/Dialogue International; From An American in India; From ""Report from India""; From ""The Meaning of Bandung""; From ""Misled about Africa""; From ""Home to Africa""; VII. Criticism Book Reviews, Essays, Lectures: A MiscellanySelected Bibliography of J. Saunders Redding; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

J. Saunders Redding (1906-1988) was often and justifiably called ""the dean of African American scholars."" As professor and man of letters, he wrote about African American literature and culture in vivid and scholarly prose. And of all the writers of his generation, he best represented, and came closest to explaining, the hopes and conflicts of American democracy in a multiracial society. Yet his perceptions and writings were never limited to race, nationality, academia, or one literary genre.In this first published anthology drawn from Redding's books, essays, and speeches, Faith Berry has c.



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