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A Scholar's Conscience: Selected Writings of J. Saunders Redding

A Scholar's Conscience: Selected Writings of J. Saunders Redding

Redding, J. Saunders
Berry, Faith

Paperback

Biographies General20th Century United States History

ISBN10: 0813108063
ISBN13: 9780813108063
Publisher: Univ Pr Of Kentucky
Published: Feb 26 1992
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.88
Height: 0.62 Width: 6.04 Depth: 8.95
Language: English

J. Saunders Redding (19061988) was often and justifiably called the dean of African American scholars. As professor and man of letters, he wrote about African American literature and culture in vivid and scholarly prose. And of all the writers of his generation, he best represented, and came closest to explaining, the hopes and conflicts of American democracy in a multiracial society. Yet his perceptions and writings were never limited to race, nationality, academia, or one literary genre.

In this first published anthology drawn from Redding's books, essays, and speeches, Faith Berry has compiled representative selections from every period and genre in which Redding wrote: autobiography, fiction, biography, history, journalism, travelogue, and literary criticism. The collection offers a wide range of his thought and criticism from numerous publications, as well as a comprehensive bibliography of his works.

Redding is essential reading for all those who argue for or against the intellectual credo he espoused: that African American writing and culture be studied in the context of American life and culture, not in insolation.

This useful and balanced edition of Redding's writing should serve to introduce him to a new audience certain to find his texts worthy of attention and discussion. Readers concerned with literary and social history, higher education, race relations, American and ethnic studies, foreign affairs, cultural exchange--or indeed the humanities in general--will find this work an important resource. Contemporary African American scholars will value the book as a lasting reference. And anyone unfamiliar with Redding's work will discover and appreciate the breadth of his contributions to scholarship and literature.

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