John Edgar Wideman and modernity : a critical dialogue /
In this book, Michel Feith positions John Edgar Wideman as a major critic of western modernity within African American literature. Feith presents Wideman's case against ghettoization, prisons and the diasporic sense of history that emerges in his novels in unique and complex ways. Feith interpr...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Knoxville :
University of Tennessee Press,
[2019]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | In this book, Michel Feith positions John Edgar Wideman as a major critic of western modernity within African American literature. Feith presents Wideman's case against ghettoization, prisons and the diasporic sense of history that emerges in his novels in unique and complex ways. Feith interprets these traits as at times a wholesale rejection of western modernity and at others a reorientation toward the minority viewpoint. Feith examines Wideman's novels consistently in light of The Cattle Killing, widely regarded as his magnum opus. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 269 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-257) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781621904335 1621904334 |