Long black song; essays in Black American literature and culture. / Houston A. Baker, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baker, Houston A., Jr., 1943-

Contributor:

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Historiography.

African Americans.

American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.

American literature.

American literature--African American authors.

African Americans--Intellectual life.

African Americans in literature.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

12 unnumbered pages, 156 pages. ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville, The University Press of Virginia 1972.

Contents:

Completely Well: One View of Black American Culture

Black Folklore and the Black American Literary Tradition

Freedom and Apocalypse: A Thematic Approach to Black Expression

Revolution and Reform: Walker, Douglass, and the Road to Freedom

Men and Institutions: Booker T. Washington's Up from Slavery

The Black Man of Culture: W. E. B. Du Bois and The Souls of Black Folk

From the Improbable Fields Down South: One View of Ghetto Language and Culture

Racial Wisdom and Richard Wright's Native Son

Conclusion.

Notes:

"First published 1972."

Includes bibliographical references (pages [147]-152) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy has dust jacket retained.

Banks Collection copy has typewritten letter from Baruch College addressed to Joanna and signed Addison laid in.

ISBN:

081390403X

OCLC:

514692