Contemporary African American fiction : the open journey /
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| Author / Creator: | Butler, Robert. author |
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| Imprint: | Madison [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University ; London : Associated University Presses, c1998. |
| Description: | 163 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3357849 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Stunted Picaresques: Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God and Richard Wright's Native Son
- 2. Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man: Exploring Urban Frontiers
- 3. Alice Walker's The Third Life of Grange Copeland: Black Women and the Picaresque Tradition
- 4. Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon: Dialectics of Place and Space
- 5. Charles Johnson's Faith and the Good Thing: The Open Journey as Metaphysical Quest
- 6. Ishmael Reed's Flight to Canada: Artistic Process as Endless Voyage
- 7. Sherley Anne Williams's Dessa Rose: Clearing Space in Time
- 8. Twenty-First-Century Journeys in Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower.
