A history of the African American novel

A history of the African American novel /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Babb, Valerie, 1955- (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Subjects:	American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism. African Americans in literature. American fiction > African American authors. American fiction. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:	Connect to this title online (unlimited simultaneous users allowed; 325 uses per year)

Table of Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I HISTORY
Introduction: The Problem with the Title of this Volume
1. Out of Many One: The Beginnings of a Novelistic Tradition, 1850S--1900S
2. Publish or Perish: African American Novels, 1900S--1920S
3. Aesthetics of Race and Culture: African American Novels, 1920S--1940S
4. Home of the Brave: African American Novels, 1940S--1960S
5. Black Arts and Beyond: African American Novels, 1960S--1970S
6. From Margin to Center: African American Novels, 1970S--1990S
7. "Bohemian Cult Nats": African American Novels, 1990s and Beyond
pt. II SIGNIFICANT GENRES OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN NOVEL
Introduction: Forms and Functions
8. Neo-Slave Narrative
9. Detective Novel
10. Speculative Novel
11. African American Pulp
12. Black Graphic Novel
13. African American Novels from Page to Screen
14. Novels of the Diaspora.