166 Pages
by
Routledge
166 Pages
by
Routledge
The Art of the Black Essay unveils the power of the African American essay to bring about a meditative shift in the minds of readers, to catapult them beyond racial ideology - by immersing them in it - and to elicit in them, ultimately, democratic change. This title outlines the specific tools of the trade, literary techniques through which the democratization process works: the uncanny,... Read more
I. Introduction
II. W.E.B. DuBois: Ideology and the Hybridity of Intentionality
III. James Baldwin: Voice of Prophesy
IV. Alice Walker: Beyond Race to Creation
V. Casting Stones, Dodging Bullets: Stanley Crouch & the Black Essay
VI. Super-literacy: Transcendence & Beyond
II. W.E.B. DuBois: Ideology and the Hybridity of Intentionality
III. James Baldwin: Voice of Prophesy
IV. Alice Walker: Beyond Race to Creation
V. Casting Stones, Dodging Bullets: Stanley Crouch & the Black Essay
VI. Super-literacy: Transcendence & Beyond
Biography
Cheryl Butler
