The buck, the Black, and the existential hero : refiguring the Black male literary canon, 1850 to present / James B. Haile III.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haile, James B., 1979- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--African American authors--19th century--History and criticism.

American literature.

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

American literature--African American authors--21st century--History and criticism.

African American men in literature.

American literature--African American authors.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xi, 214 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2020.

Summary:

"The Buck, the Black, and the Existential Hero: Refiguring the Black Male Literary Canon 1850 to Present develops a theory of the black male literary imagination"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prologue: Portrait of a Petit Marionette

Introduction: Etiology of the Black Male Literary Text

On Frederick Douglass and the "Image" of the Negro

Ralph Ellison, Fictive Authority and Existential Heroism: Magic and the Prestige in the Invisible Man

Interlude: Some notes along the way

Colson Whitehead's "Dark Matter" Prophecy

Cecil Brown: The Functional Negro and the rise of 'Jive Nigger'

Conclusion: An Etiology of an Ending

Epilogue: Petit Marionette in the black box

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780810141650

0810141655

9780810141667

0810141663

OCLC:

1104916554