Fingering the jagged grain : tradition and form in recent Black fiction
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Published
Athens : University of Georgia Press, [1985].
ISBN
0820307890, 9780820307893, 0820309044, 9780820309040
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Chicago Heights Public Library - Stacks | 813.54 B99 | On Shelf |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
African Americans in literature.
American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
American fiction -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
Gaines, Ernest J., -- 1933-2019 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Walker, Alice, -- 1944- -- Criticism and interpretation.
African Americans in literature.
American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
American fiction -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
Gaines, Ernest J., -- 1933-2019 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Walker, Alice, -- 1944- -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Published
Athens : University of Georgia Press, [1985].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
ix, 308 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
ISBN
0820307890, 9780820307893, 0820309044, 9780820309040
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-302) and index.
Description
While black fiction in the '60s and '70s was dominated by political and social goals, recent black fiction uses black folk culture both as content and as the basis for aesthetic form. It values expression, craftsmanship, and imagination rather than a particular ideological configuration. Byerman perceives a shift of allegiance from the social agenda of the black arts movement to the more artistically motivated example of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man. He shows how folk elements such as jazz, spirituals, cautionary tales, voodoo, and inventive wordplay in the works of Ishmael Reed, Toni Morrison, and Ernest Gaines, present the variety of black culture as it responds to oppression with defiance, to silence with voice, to imposed order with apparent chaos. The fiction, however, celebrates the strength and resilience of the black American voice as it recounts the painful episodes of black experience. ISBN 0-8203-0789-0 : $30.00.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Byerman, K. E. (1985). Fingering the jagged grain: tradition and form in recent Black fiction . University of Georgia Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Byerman, Keith Eldon, 1948-. 1985. Fingering the Jagged Grain: Tradition and Form in Recent Black Fiction. University of Georgia Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Byerman, Keith Eldon, 1948-. Fingering the Jagged Grain: Tradition and Form in Recent Black Fiction University of Georgia Press, 1985.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Byerman, Keith Eldon. Fingering the Jagged Grain: Tradition and Form in Recent Black Fiction University of Georgia Press, 1985.
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