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Directions Home: Approaches to African-Canadian Literature / by George Elliott Clarke (1960)
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- George Elliott Clarke, author.
- Series:
- African Diaspora, 1860-Present (Text)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature and Intellectual History.
- Racial identity.
- History.
- Writers.
- Literature.
- Boyd, George,.
- Walker, A. B.,.
- Henderson, Anna Minerva,.
- Brand, Dionne,.
- Local Subjects:
- Literature and Intellectual History.
- Racial identity.
- History.
- Writers.
- Literature.
- Boyd, George,.
- Walker, A. B.,.
- Henderson, Anna Minerva,.
- Brand, Dionne,.
- Genre:
- Book
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (335 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, ON : University of Toronto Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- Summary:
- The latest work from pioneering scholar George Elliott Clarke, Directions Home is the most comprehensive analysis of African-Canadian texts and writers to date. Building on the discoveries of his critically acclaimed Odysseys Home, Clarke passionately analyses the beautiful complexities and haunting conundrums of this important body of literature. Directions Home explores the trajectories and tendencies of African-Canadian literature within the Canadian canon and the socio-cultural traditions of the African Diaspora. Clarke showcases the importance of little-known texts, including church histories and slave narratives, and offers studies of autobiography, crime and punishment, jazz poetics, and musical composition. The collection also includes studies of significant contemporary writers such as George Boyd and Dionne Brand, and trailblazing African-Canadian intellectuals like A.B. Walker and Anna Minerva Henderson. With its national, bilingual, and historical perspectives, Directions Home is an essential guide to African-Canadian literature.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed August 26, 2024).
- ISBN:
- 9780802094254
- 0802094252
- 9781442661110
- 1442661119
- 9780802091536
- 0802091539
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