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Author:

Joyce, Joyce Ann, 1949-

Title:

Warriors, conjurers and priests : defining African-centered literary criticism / Joyce A. Joyce.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Third World Press,

Copyright Date:

c1994

Description:

311 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

American literature--Theory, etc.--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
Afro-Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.
American literature--African influences.
Afro-Americans in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Warriors, conjurers and priests : defining African-centered literary criticism -- Richard Wright : a romantic and a realist -- Nella Larsen's Passing : a reflection of the American dream -- Ann Petry : an overview of her contribution to African-American literature -- The poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks : an African-centered exploration -- Arthur P. Davis : an African-American anthologist in a Euro-American colony -- James Baldwin and Black women writers : the connection between history and identity -- Sonia Sanchez and T.S. Eliot -- The aesthetic of E. Ethelbert Miller.

ISBN:

9780883780916 (cloth)
0883780917 (cloth)
9780883780992 (pbk.) :
0883780992 (pbk.) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)31135795

LCCN:

93060827

Locations:

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

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)