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Downhome : Origins of the Afro-American Short Story / Robert Bone.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bone, Robert, author.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1975]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Examines the evolution of Afro-American short fiction by focusing on the historical influence of slavery and racism from 1885 to 1920 and the Harlem Renaissance from 1920 to 1935. Specifically examines the influence of black abolitionists, plantation schools, and local-color schools, oral traditions and folktales, and pastoral literature. Includes analysis of works from Paul Dunbar, Charles Chesnutt, Eric Walrond, Jean Toomer, Langston Hughes, and Arna Bontemps.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the Morningside Edition
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I. The Masks of Slavery: 1885-1920
- Part II. The Masks of Arcady: 1920-1935
- Notes
- A Note on Bibliography. Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780231881029
- 0231881029
- OCLC:
- 1100450164
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