The sexual mountain and Black women writers : adventures in sex, literature, and real life / Calvin C. Hernton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hernton, Calvin C.

Contributor:

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

American literature.

American literature--African American authors.

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

American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

African American women in literature.

Women and literature--United States.

Women and literature.

Feminism and literature--United States.

Feminism and literature.

American literature--Women authors.

United States.

Sex in literature.

African Americans in literature.

Sex role in literature.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xvi pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 174 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Garden City, N.ew York : Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1987.

Contents:

Who's Afraid of Alice Walker? The Color Purple as Slave Narrative

The Sexual Mountain and Black Women Writers

The Significance of Ann Petry The Fear of Bigger Thomas and the Rage of Lutie Johnson

Black Women in the Life and Work of Langston Hughes Feministic Writings of a Male Poet

Black Women Poets The Oral Narrative Tradition.

Notes:

"Anchor Press edition, 1987."

"Jacket Typography by Douglas Bergstreser."

Includes bibliographical references (pages [161]-168) and index.

Local Notes:

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

Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.

Bsnks Collection copy is "First Edition".

ISBN:

0385239211 :

OCLC:

59148989