Charles Johnson's novels : writing the American palimpsest / Rudolph P. Byrd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Byrd, Rudolph P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans in literature.

Slavery in literature.

Liberty in literature.

Johnson, Charles (Charles Richard), 1948---Criticism and interpretation.

Johnson, Charles.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""This is truly a major contribution to African American literary criticism, and it promises to elevate Johnson to the place in the literary firmament he so richly deserves."" -- Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Harvard University Charles Johnson came of age during the Black Arts Movement of the 1960's and 1970's. His fiction bears the imprint of his formal training as a philosopher and his work as a journalist and cartoonist with a well-honed interest in political satire. Mentored by the American writer Jo

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1. Faith and the Good Thing: What is the Nature of the Good?; 2. Oxherding Tale: Slavery and the Wheel of Desire; 3. Middle Passage: What is the Nature of Freedom?; 4. Dreamer: ""If Thou Doest Well, Shalt Thou not be Accepted?""; Epilogue; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-212) and index.

ISBN:

9786612071669

1-282-07166-1

0-253-11120-X

OCLC:

475990282