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Each hour redeem : time and justice in African American literature / Daylanne K. English.
Van Pelt Library PS153.N5 E59 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- English, Daylanne K.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- American literature--African American authors.
- Time in literature.
- Justice in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 230 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2013]
- Contents:
- Introduction: Political fictions
- Ticking, not talking: Timekeeping in early African American literature
- "Temporal damage": Pragmatism and Plessy in African American novels, 1896; 1902
- "The death of the last black man": Repetition, lynching, and capital punishment in twentieth-century African American literature
- "Seize the time!" Strategic presentism in the black arts movement
- Being black there: Contemporary African American detective fiction
- Conclusion: Political truths.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780816679898
- 0816679894
- 9780816679904
- 0816679908
- OCLC:
- 816563823
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