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Perspectives on Percival Everett

Perspectives on Percival Everett

Mitchell, Keith B.
Vander, Robin G.

Hardcover

Series: Margaret Walker Alexander African American Studies

Literary CriticismFiction AnthologiesBlack American Studies

ISBN10: 161703682X
ISBN13: 9781617036828
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: Dec 18 2012
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.98
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The first collection of essays to examine the breadth of Everett's creative output Essays by Uzzie Cannon, Jonathan Dittman, Ronald Dorris, Frédérick Dumas, Sarah Mantilla, Richard Schur, Anthony Stewart, Robin G. Vander, and Sarah Wyman Percival Everett (b. 1956) writes novels, short stories, poetry, and essays, and is one of the most prolific, acclaimed, yet underexamined African American writers working today. Although to date Everett has published eighteen novels, three collections of short fiction, three poetry collections, and one children's book, his work has not garnered the critical attention that it deserves. Perhaps one of the most vexing problems scholars have had in trying to situate Everett's work is that they have found it difficult to place him and his work within a prescribed African American literary tradition. Because he happens to be African American, critics have expectations of so-called authentic African American fiction; however, his work often thwarts these expectations. In Perspectives on Percival Everett, scholars engage all of his creative production. On the one hand, Everett is an African American novelist. On the other hand, he pursues subject matters that seemingly have little to do with African American culture. The operative word here is seemingly; for as these essays demonstrate, Everett's works fall well within as well as outside of what most critics would deem the African American literary tradition. These essays examine issues of identity, authenticity, and semiotics, in addition to postmodernism and African American and American literary traditions--issues essential to understanding his aesthetic and political concerns.

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