Cosmopolitanism in the Fictive Imagination of W. E. B. Du Bois - Toward the Humanization of a Revolutionary Art

This booktraces W.E.B. Du Bois's fictionalization of history in his five major works of fiction and the short story The Souls of Black Folk through a thematic framework of cosmopolitanism. These works are grounded in historical occurrences and act as social histories providing commentary on issues such as Reconstruction, Jim Crow segregation, African American leadership, the Pan-African movement, and colonialism.

List of contents

Introduction: African Antiquity and the African Diaspora in Context

Part One
Chapter 1: Classical Humanism in The Quest of the Silver Fleece and The Souls of Black Folk
Chapter 2: Good Character Challenges Hegemony in The Quest of the Silver Fleece
Chapter 3: Heuristic Appraisal of Avant-Garde Cosmopolitanism in The Quest of the Silver Fleece
Chapter 4: Discrepant Cosmopolitanism in the Imagination of W.E.B. Du Bois in Dark Princess: A Romance
Chapter 5: Culture as a Universal Symbol of Cosmopolitanism in Dark Princess: A Romance
Chapter 6: Beyond the Color Line: Black Cosmopolitanism in The Black Flame

Part Two
Chapter 7: Genesis of Traditional Pan-Africanism and Its Aftermath
Chapter 8: A Botched Continental Pan-Africanism Master Plan and Friends of W.E.B. Du Bois in Africa and the Caribbean
Chapter 9: W.E.B. Du Bois, the Inspirations of Gandhi, and the Pan-Asian Connection
Chapter 10: Barack Obama Epitomizes Du Bois' Vision in Dark Princess: Nkrumah and Du Bois Emerge as Unheralded Cosmopolitans

Epilogue: The Great Redeemer

About the author

By Samuel O. Doku

Product details

• Authors: Samuel O Doku, Samuel O. Doku, Doku Samuel O.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781498518338
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-1833-8
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Critical Africana Studies; Critical Africana Studies; Lexington Books
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, Ethnic Studies, English, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Political activism, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Colonialism & imperialism, United States of America, USA, Colonialism and imperialism, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Black & Asian Studies, Political activism / Political engagement, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General