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Abandoning the Black Hero: Sympathy and Privacy in the Postwar African American White-Life Novel

John C. Charles

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Description:"Abandoning the Black Hero" examines the motivations that led certain African American authors in mid-twentieth century to shift from writing protest novels about racial injustice to novels focusing primarily, if not exclusively on whites, or white-life novels. These fascinating works have been understudied despite having been written by such defining figures as Richard Wright, Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin, Ann Petry, and Chester Himes, as well as lesser known but formerly best-selling authors Willard Motley and Frank Yerby.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Abandoning the Black Hero: Sympathy and Privacy in the Postwar African American White-Life Novel. To get started finding Abandoning the Black Hero: Sympathy and Privacy in the Postwar African American White-Life Novel, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 279

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Release: 2014

ISBN: 0813554349

Description: "Abandoning the Black Hero" examines the motivations that led certain African American authors in mid-twentieth century to shift from writing protest novels about racial injustice to novels focusing primarily, if not exclusively on whites, or white-life novels. These fascinating works have been understudied despite having been written by such defining figures as Richard Wright, Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin, Ann Petry, and Chester Himes, as well as lesser known but formerly best-selling authors Willard Motley and Frank Yerby.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Abandoning the Black Hero: Sympathy and Privacy in the Postwar African American White-Life Novel. To get started finding Abandoning the Black Hero: Sympathy and Privacy in the Postwar African American White-Life Novel, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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