The postwar African American novel : protest and discontent, 1945-1950 /

The postwar African American novel : protest and discontent, 1945-1950 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brown, Stephanie, 1970-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2011]
Series:Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies.
Subjects:
Discontent in literature.
African Americans in literature.
Protest literature, American > History and criticism.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Beyond protest: retracing the margins of the postwar African American novel
  • "If I can only get it funny!": Chester Himes's parodic protest novels
  • Frank Yerby and the "costume drama" of Southern historiography
  • William Gardner Smith and the cosmopolitan war novel
  • J. Saunders Redding and the African American campus novel.