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Existentialist thought in African American literature before 1940 /

(Number (ISBN

1498514804

(Number (ISBN

1498514820

(Number (ISBN

9781498514804

(Number (ISBN

9781498514828

Erroneous ISBN

1498514812

Erroneous ISBN

9781498514811

Title Proper

Existentialist thought in African American literature before 1940 /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Melvin G. Hill.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Lanham, Maryland :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Lexington Books,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2016]

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2016

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xxii, 87 pages ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Introduction: the legacy of existentialism in African American literature before 1940 / Melvin G. Hill -- Morality, art, and the self: existentialism in Frederick Douglass and Søren Kierkegaard / Timothy Golden -- I'm not here: existential acts in nineteenth-century African American women's narrative / Jeannine King -- Sutton E. Griggs's existential vision in Imperium in imperio: the new Negro / Melvin G. Hill -- Existential authenticity in early 20th century African-American passing narratives / Renee Barlow -- "Clare Kendry cared nothing for the race. She only belonged to it": the intersectional bad faith of race and gender in Nella Larsen's passing / Chase Dimock.

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Text of Note

Existentialist Thought in African American Literature Before 1940 is the first collection of its kind to break new ground in arguing that long before its classification by Jean-Paul Sartre, African American literature embodied existentialist thought. To make its case, this daring book dissects eight notable texts: Frederick Douglass's Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1845) and My Bondage and My Freedom (1855), Sojourner Truth's Ain't I A Woman (1861), Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of A Slave Girl (1861), Sutton E. Griggs's Imperium in Imperio (1899), James Weldon Johnson's Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (1912), and Nella Larsen's Quicksand (1928) and Passing (1929). It explores and addresses a wide range of complex philosophical concepts such as: authenticity, potentiality-for-authentic living, bad faith, and existentialism from the Christian point of view. The use of interdisciplinary studies such as gender studies, queer studies, Christian ethics, mixed-race studies, and existentialism, allows the authors within this book to lend unique perspectives in examining selected African American literary works.

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Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, 4501 Forbes Blvd Ste 200, Lanham, MD, USA, 20706

Title

Existentialist thought in African American literature before 1940

International Standard Book Number

9781498514811

African American authors.

American literature-- 19th century-- History and criticism.

American literature-- 20th century-- History and criticism.

Existentialism in literature.

Identity (Psychology) in literature.

African American authors.

American literature.

Amerikanisches Englisch

Existentialism in literature.

Existenzphilosophie

Identität

Identity (Psychology) in literature.

Literatur

Schwarze

USA

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Edition

Class number

Book number

Hill, Melvin G.

Date of Transaction

20200823035525.0

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