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Title:

Existentialist thought in African American literature before 1940 / edited by Melvin G. Hill.

Publisher:

Lexington Books,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xxii, 87 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

African American authors.
American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
Existentialism in literature.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.

Other Authors:

Hill, Melvin G., editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: the legacy of existentialism in African American literature before 1940 / Melvin G. Hill -- Morality, art, and the self: existentialism in Frederick Douglass and S©ıren Kierkegaard / Timothy Golden -- I'm not here: existential acts in nineteenth-century African American women's narrative / Jeannine King -- Sutton E. Griggs's existential vision in Imperium in imperio: the new Negro / Melvin G. Hill -- Existential authenticity in early 20th century African-American passing narratives / Renee Barlow -- "Clare Kendry cared nothing for the race. She only belonged to it": the intersectional bad faith of race and gender in Nella Larsen's passing / Chase Dimock.

ISBN:

1498514804
9781498514804

OCLC:

(OCoLC)934627605

LCCN:

2015046048

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)