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Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc Folklore |
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Named Person: | James Weldon Johnson; Arna Bontemps; Zora Neale Hurston; Arna Wendell Bontemps; Zora Neale Hurston; James Weldon Johnson; A Andrae; Schwarze; James Weldon Johnson; Zora Neale Hurston; Arna Wendell Bontemps; James Weldon Johnson; Arna Bontemps; Zora Neale Hurston |
Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Eric J Sundquist |
ISBN: | 0820314609 9780820314600 0820327948 9780820327945 |
OCLC Number: | 25048036 |
Description: | xiii, 151 pages ; 22 cm. |
Contents: | "These old slave songs": The autobiography of an ex-coloured man -- "The drum with the man skin": Jonah's gourd vine -- "A song without words": Black thunder. |
Series Title: | Mercer University Lamar memorial lectures, no. 35. |
Responsibility: | Eric J. Sundquist. |
Abstract:
Provides an analysis of the powerful role played by folk culture in 3 major African American novels of the early 20th century: ""The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man"", ""Jonah's Gourd Vine"", and ""Black Thunder"". This book explains how the survival of cultural traditions originating in Africa and in slavery became a means of historical reflection.
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"Sundquist writes with a poetic flair and elegant clarity.... His readings are richly suggestive." - American Book Review"
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