Workings of the spirit : the poetics of Afro-American women's writing /

Workings of the spirit : the poetics of Afro-American women's writing /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Baker, Houston A., Jr., 1943-
Imprint:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1991.
Description:	v, 239 p., [7] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Black literature and culture
Subject:	American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism African American women -- Intellectual life. Women and literature -- United States. African American women in literature African Americans in literature African American women in literature. African American women -- Intellectual life. African Americans in literature. American literature -- African American authors. American literature -- Women authors. Women and literature. United States. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1129508

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Other authors / contributors:	Alexander, Elizabeth, 1962- Redmond, Patricia
ISBN:	0226035220 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.

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Summary:	Turning on inspired interpretations of Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Morrison, and Ntozake Shange, Workings of the Spirit weighs current critical approaches to black women's writing against Baker's own explanation of the founding, theoretical state of Afro-American intellectual history.<br> <br> "Brilliant, and tenderly riveted to gratitude as an indispensable facet of analysis, Houston Baker arrives, yet again, bearing the loveliest flowers of his devotion and delight: thank God he's here!"--June Jordan
Physical Description:	v, 239 p., [7] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	0226035220