BLACK ON BLACK: Twentieth-Century African American Writing about Africa. by…

BLACK ON BLACK: Twentieth-Century African American Writing about Africa. by Gruesser, John Cullen. < >

BLACK ON BLACK: Twentieth-Century African American Writing about Africa.

Edition: First printing.

Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book described as "the first comprehensive analysis of the modern African American literary response to Africa, from W.E.B. Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk to Alice Walker's The Color Purple. Combining cutting-edge theory, extensive historical and archival research, and close readings of individual texts, Gruesser reveals the diversity of the African American response to Countee Cullen's question, 'What is Africa to Me?'" Extensive notes, works cited, index. xiii, 205 pp. ISBN: 0-813121639.

Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (appears unread)

Book ID: 79195
Keywords: African American Literature, ethiopianism, harlem renaissance, literary criticism
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