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Prologue: The Novels of Black American Women, 1891-1965

Prologue: The Novels of Black American Women, 1891-1965

Watson, Carole M.

Hardcover

Series: Contributions in American Studies, Book 79

Literary CriticismGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0313236305
ISBN13: 9780313236303
Publisher: Praeger
Published: Sep 26 1985
Pages: 188
Weight: 0.81
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
This volume discusses the emergence of writings by Black women, the major concerns and themes of their fiction, and its special role within, and unique reflection of, Afro-American culture. A work of literary criticism as well as cultural history, Prologue focuses in depth on ten novels illustrative of the novels' concerns during the periods 1891-1920, 1921-1945, and 1946-1965, and discusses their literary characteristics and aesthetic achievement. It discusses the broad characteristics of Afro-American fiction and compares it to mainstream American fiction. Its generously annotated bibliography contains entries for each of the fifty-eight novels on which the study is based.

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