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Reading Black : essays in the criticism of African, Caribbean, and Black American literature / edited by Houston A. Baker, Jr.
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Monograph series (Cornell University. Africana Studies and Research Center) ; no. 4.
- Monograph series - Africana Studies and Research Center ; no. 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature--Black authors--History and criticism.
- Literature.
- Literature--Black authors.
- Black people in literature.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- vi, 58 pages ; 28 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- [Ithaca, N.Y.] : [Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University], [©1976]
- Contents:
- Aesthetic illusions / Wole Soyinka
- The African critic today: toward a definition / Ezekiel Mphahlele
- The love axe (1): developing a Caribbean aesthetic, 1962-1974 / Edward Kamau Brathwaite
- The function of Black criticism at the present time / Addison Gayle, Jr.
- Afro-American culture and the Black aesthetic: notes toward a re-evaluation / J. Saunders Redding
- On the criticism of Black American literature: one view of the Black aesthetic / Houston A Baker, Jr.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Reading Black.
- OCLC:
- 3337029
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