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The Afro-American novel and its tradition

Author: Bernard W Bell
Publisher: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 1987.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Bell, Bernard W.
Afro-American novel and its tradition.
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 1987
(OCoLC)573037500
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Bernard W Bell
ISBN: 0870235680 9780870235689 0870236881 9780870236884
OCLC Number: 14588784
Notes: Includes index.
Description: xix, 421 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: 1. The roots of the early Afro-American novel --
2. The early Afro-American novel: historical romance, social realism, and beyond --
3. The pre-World War I novels of the old guard: romance, realism, and naturalism --
4. The Harlem Renaissance and the search for new modes of narrative --
5. Richard Wright and the triumph of naturalism --
6. Myth, legend, and ritual in the novel of the fifties --
7. The contemporary Afro-American novel, 1: neorealism --
8. The contemporary Afro-American novel, 2: modernism and postmodernism.
Responsibility: Bernard W. Bell.

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