Give birth to brightness; a thematic study in neo-Black literature. / Sherley Anne Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Sherley Anne, 1944-1999.

Contributor:

Bierhorst, Jane Byers, designer.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--African American authors--Themes, motives.

American literature.

African Americans--Intellectual life.

African Americans.

Africans Americans in literature.

American literature--African American authors.

Themes, motives.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (bookplate) (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

252 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, The Dial Press, 1972.

Contents:

Introduction: A Thematic Study in Neo-Black Literature

Part I. Gegenesis. The Heroic Tradition in Black America; Rebel and Streetman in Black Literature

Part II. The Renegade Disguise. The Limitations of a Middle-Class "Hero"; The Limited Solution of Revolution

Part III. Give Birth to Brightness. The Black Musician: The Black Hero as Law Breaker; The Streetman: The Black Hero as Light Bearer

Conclusion: A Thematic Study in Neo-Black Literature

Author's Afterword: The Demands of Blackness on Contemporary Critics.

Notes:

"First Printing 1972."

"Designed by Jane Byers Bierhorst."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-252).

Local Notes:

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

Banks Collection copy has bookplate of Joanna Banks.

OCLC:

213486