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A history of the African American novel / Valerie Babb.

By: Publisher: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017Description: pages cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781107061729 (hardback : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 813.009/896073 23
LOC classification:
  • PS374.N4 B24 2017
Contents:
Part I. History: Introduction; 1. Out of many one: the beginnings of a novelistic tradition, 1850s-1900s; 2. Publish or perish: African American novels, 1900s-1920s; 3. Aesthetics of race and culture: African American novels, 1920s-1940s; 4. Home of the brave: African American novels, 1940s-1960s; 5. Black arts and beyond: African American novels, 1960s-1970s; 6. From margin to center: African American novels, 1970s-1990s; 7. 'Bohemian cult-nats': African American novels, 1990s and beyond; Part II. Significant Genres of the African American Novel: Introduction; 8. The neo-slave narrative; 9. The detective novel; 10. The speculative novel; 11. African American pulp; 12. The black graphic novel; 13. African American novels from page to screen; 14. Novels of the diaspora.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks PS 374 .N4 B24 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001430106

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. History: Introduction; 1. Out of many one: the beginnings of a novelistic tradition, 1850s-1900s; 2. Publish or perish: African American novels, 1900s-1920s; 3. Aesthetics of race and culture: African American novels, 1920s-1940s; 4. Home of the brave: African American novels, 1940s-1960s; 5. Black arts and beyond: African American novels, 1960s-1970s; 6. From margin to center: African American novels, 1970s-1990s; 7. 'Bohemian cult-nats': African American novels, 1990s and beyond; Part II. Significant Genres of the African American Novel: Introduction; 8. The neo-slave narrative; 9. The detective novel; 10. The speculative novel; 11. African American pulp; 12. The black graphic novel; 13. African American novels from page to screen; 14. Novels of the diaspora.

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