The Addison Gayle Jr. Reader - Softcover

Gayle Jr., Addison

 
9780252076107: The Addison Gayle Jr. Reader
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0252076109 ISBN 13: 9780252076107
Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 2009

Synopsis

This reader collects sixty of the personal essays, critical articles, and other seminal works of Addison Gayle Jr., one of the most influential figures in African American literary criticism and a key pioneer in the Black Arts/Black Aesthetic Movement. The volume contains selective essays that represent the range of Gayle's writing on such subjects as relationships between father and son, cultural nationalism, racism, black aesthetics, black criticism, and black literature. The collection, the first of its kind, includes definitive essays such as "Blueprint for Black Criticism," "The Harlem Renaissance: Toward a Black Aesthetic," and "Cultural Strangulation: Black Literature and the White Aesthetics." A key chapter from Gayle's autobiography is supplemented by his literary criticism, and a general introduction and editor's notes for each section discuss the articles' lasting significance and influence.

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About the Author

Nathaniel Norment Jr. is an associate professor and chair of African American Studies at Temple University and the editor of The African American Studies Reader and Readings in African American Language: Aspects, Features, And Perspectives.

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Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0252076109
ISBN 13 
9780252076107
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
504
Editor
Norment Jr. Nathaniel

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