Civil rights and the environment in African-American literature, 1895-1941. / John Claborn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Claborn, John, author.

Series:

Environmental cultures series ; 11.

Environmental cultures ; 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

American literature.

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

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

Environmentalism in literature.

Ecology in literature.

Civil rights in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 pages).

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017.

Summary:

The beginning of the 20th century marked a new phase of the battle for civil rights in America. But many of the era's most important African-American writers were also acutely aware of the importance of environmental justice to the struggle. Civil Rights and the Environment in African-American Literature is the first book to explore the centrality of environmental problems to writing from the civil rights movement in the early decades of the century. Bringing ecocritical perspectives to bear on the work of such important writers as Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, the writers of the Harlem Renaissance and Depression-era African-American writing, the book brings to light a vital new perspective on ecocriticism and modern American literary history.

Contents:

Introduction

Up from nature: racial uplift and ecological agencies in Booker T. Washington's autobiographies

W. E. B. Du Bois at the Grand Canyon: nature, history, and race in A darkwater

The crisis, the politics of nature, and the Harlem Renaissance: Effie Lee Newsome's eco-poetics

Sawmills and swamps: ecological collectives in Zora Neale Hurston's Mules and men and Their eyes were watching God

From black Marxism to industrial ecosystem: racial and ecological crisis in William Attaway's Blood on the forge

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781350009431

1350009431

9781350009448

135000944X

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access