African American Literature of the Twenty First Century and the - The Case of John Edgar Wideman

The six novels that John Edgar Wideman wrote from 1987 to 2017 enable reassessment of the quarantining of the Black Arts movement by African American literary history. These works transform the novel into a charm or functional tool of the black arts, taking writing beyond the act of written representation.

List of contents

Preface: What Comes Before in Wideman Scholarship
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Wideman, Contemporary Writers, and the Black Arts
Chapter I: Reuben and the Sorcerer
Chapter II: Philadelphia Fire and the Art of Bundling the Inchoate
Chapter III: The Cattle Killing and the Art of the Slavery Narrative Conjure
Chapter IV: Two Cities and the Art of Breaking Writing's "Spell"
Chapter V: Fanon and the Art of Spiritualizing Narrative
Chapter VI: Writing to Save a Life and the Art of Hagiography as Possessed Text (Texto Montado)
Conclusion: A "Very Igbo Understanding"
Works Cited
Appendix: Interview with John Edgar Wideman, June 2019: Keeping the Language of Fiction Alive

About the author

Stephen Casmier is associate professor in the department of English at Saint Louis University.

Summary

The six novels that John Edgar Wideman wrote from 1987 to 2017 enable reassessment of the quarantining of the Black Arts movement by African American literary history. These works transform the novel into a charm or functional tool of the black arts, taking writing beyond the act of written representation.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Casmier
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781793614605
• ISBN: 978-1-79361-460-5
• No. of pages: 230
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; USA, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 21st Century, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Black & Asian Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American & Black, Relating to African American / Black American people