What Was African American Literature?

Rather than contest other definitions, warren makes a clear and compelling case for understanding African American literature as creative and critical work written by black Americans within and against the strictures of Jim Crow America. Within these parameters, his book outlines protocols of reading that best make sense of the literary works produced by African American writers and critics over the first two-thirds of the twentieth century. --

Author(s): Kenneth W. Warren
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2011-01-03
Pages: 193
Categories: Literary Criticism