Black Literature and Literary Theory

Black Literature and Literary Theory

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The imaginative literature of African and Afro-American authors writing in Western languages has long been seen as standing outside the Western literary canon. In fact, however, black literature not only has a complex formal relation to that canon, but tends to revise and reflect Western rhetorical strategies even more than it echoes black vernacular literary forms.

This book, first published in 1984, is divided into two sections, thus clarifying the nature of black literary theory on the one hand, and the features of black literary practice on the other. Rather than merely applying contemporary Western theory to black literature, these critics instead challenge and redefine the theory in order to make fresh, stimulating comments not only on black criticism and literature but also on the general state of criticism today.

EAN 9781138683785
ISBN 1138683787
Binding Hardback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication date August 4, 2016
Pages 340
Language English
Dimensions 234 x 156
Country United Kingdom
Authors Gates Jr, Henry Louis
Editors Gates Jr, Henry Louis
Series Routledge Library Editions: Literary Theory
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