African American literature of the twenty-first century and the Black Arts : the case of John Edgar Wideman /
"The six novels that John Edgar Wideman wrote from 1987 to 2017 enable reassessment of the quarantining of the Black Arts movement by African American literary history. These works transform the novel into a charm or functional tool of the black arts, taking writing beyond the act of written re...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham :
Lexington Books,
[2021]
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| Summary: | "The six novels that John Edgar Wideman wrote from 1987 to 2017 enable reassessment of the quarantining of the Black Arts movement by African American literary history. These works transform the novel into a charm or functional tool of the black arts, taking writing beyond the act of written representation"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xxvii, 201 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781793614605 1793614601 |