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Author:
Saunders, James Robert, 1953- author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94097822
Title:
The wayward preacher in the literature of African American women / James Robert Saunders.
Publisher:
McFarland & Company,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
vi, 169 pages ; 22 cm
Subject:
American fiction--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Clergy in literature.
Women and literature--United States--History--20th century.
American fiction--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
African American women--Intellectual life.
African American clergy in literature.
African Americans in literature.
Notes:
Originally published in 1995. Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-164) and index.
Contents:
The attractive trap : Helga Crane's journey to Pleasant Green (Nella Larsen's Quicksand) -- John Pearson's malady : an incurable weakness for women (Zora Neale Hurston's Jonah's gourd vine) -- Father Peace : obstructing the quest for a self (Paule Marshall's Brown girl, brownstones) -- From the hypocrisy of the Reverend Woods to Mama Day's faith of the spirit (Gloria Naylor's The women of Brewster Place) -- A missing brother : the ultimate inadequacy of the Reverend Jasper (Terry McMillan's Mama).
ISBN:
9781476669656
1476669651
OCLC:
(OCoLC)960494464
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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