Bibliograph

The buck, the Black, and the existential hero, refiguring the Black male literary canon, 1850 to present, James B. Haile III

Type

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The buck, the Black, and the existential hero, refiguring the Black male literary canon, 1850 to present, James B. Haile III

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-210) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The buck, the Black, and the existential hero

Oclc number

1104916554

Responsibility statement

James B. Haile III

Sub title

refiguring the Black male literary canon, 1850 to present

Summary

"The Buck, the Black, and the Existential Hero: Refiguring the Black Male Literary Canon 1850 to Present develops a theory of the black male literary imagination"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Prologue: Portrait of a Petit Marionette -- Introduction: Etiology of the Black Male Literary Text -- On Frederick Douglass and the "Image" of the Negro -- Ralph Ellison, Fictive Authority and Existential Heroism: Magic and the Prestige in the Invisible Man -- Interlude: Some notes along the way -- Colson Whitehead's "Dark Matter" Prophecy -- Cecil Brown: The Functional Negro and the rise of 'Jive Nigger' -- Conclusion: An Etiology of an Ending -- Epilogue: Petit Marionette in the black box

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