A history of the African American novel

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A history of the African American novel

Valerie Babb

Cambridge University Press, 2017

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

A History of the African American Novel offers an in-depth overview of the development of the novel and its major genres. In the first part of this book, Valerie Babb examines the evolution of the novel from the 1850s to the present, showing how the concept of black identity has transformed along with the art form. The second part of this History explores the prominent genres of African American novels, such as neoslave narratives, detective fiction, and speculative fiction, and considers how each one reflects changing understandings of blackness. This book builds on other literary histories by including early black print culture, African American graphic novels, pulp fiction, and the history of adaptation of black novels to film. By placing novels in conversation with other documents - early black newspapers and magazines, film, and authorial correspondence - A History of the African American Novel brings many voices to the table to broaden interpretations of the novel's development.

目次

  • Part I. History: Introduction
  • 1. Out of many one: the beginnings of a novelistic tradition, 1850s-1900s
  • 2. Publish or perish: African American novels, 1900s-1920s
  • 3. Aesthetics of race and culture: African American novels, 1920s-1940s
  • 4. Home of the brave: African American novels, 1940s-1960s
  • 5. Black arts and beyond: African American novels, 1960s-1970s
  • 6. From margin to center: African American novels, 1970s-1990s
  • 7. 'Bohemian cult-nats': African American novels, 1990s and beyond
  • Part II. Significant Genres of the African American Novel: Introduction
  • 8. The neo-slave narrative
  • 9. The detective novel
  • 10. The speculative novel
  • 11. African American pulp
  • 12. The black graphic novel
  • 13. African American novels from page to screen
  • 14. Novels of the diaspora.

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