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Burnin' down the house : home in African American literature / Valerie Sweeney Prince.
LIBRA PS374.N4 P75 2005
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Prince, Valerie Sweeney.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American fiction--African American authors--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- American fiction--African American authors.
- Domestic fiction, American--History and criticism.
- Domestic fiction, American.
- African American families in literature.
- African Americans--Intellectual life.
- African Americans.
- African American women in literature.
- African Americans in literature.
- Dwellings in literature.
- Families in literature.
- Home in literature.
- Physical Description:
- x, 153 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- Burning down the house
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2005]
- Summary:
- Home is a powerful metaphor guiding the literature of African Americans throughout the twentieth century. This book creates new and sophisticated possibilities for a critical engagement with African American literature by presenting a careful examination of the place of home in five classic novels: "Native Son" by Richard Wright, "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison, "The Bluest Eye" and "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison, and "Corregidora" by Gayl Jones.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0231134401
- 023113441X
- OCLC:
- 55016288
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