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On freedom and the will to adorn : the art of the African American essay / Cheryl A. Wall.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wall, Cheryl A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American authors--History and criticism.
- African American authors.
- Essayists--United States.
- Essayists.
- Essay.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- Although they have written in various genres, African American writers as notable and diverse as W.E.B.Du Bois, James Baldwin, and Alice Walker have done their most influential work in the essay form.The Souls of Black Folk , The Fire Next Time , and In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens are landmarks in African American literary history.
- Contents:
- Prologue. Moving from the margins
- On freedom and the will to adorn: the African American essay
- Voices of thunder: nineteenth-century black oratory and the development of the African American essay
- On art and such: debating aesthetics during the Harlem Renaissance
- Stranger at home: James Baldwin on what it means to be an American
- The mystery of American identity: Ralph Ellison
- On women, rights, and writing: June Jordan and Alice Walker
- Epilogue. Essaying in the digital age.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9798890854599
- 9781469646916
- 1469646919
- OCLC:
- 1059450541
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