Reading Black : essays in the criticism of African, Caribbean, and Black American literature / edited by Houston A. Baker, Jr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baker, Houston A., Jr., 1943-

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

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