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University Press of Florida Gainesville Tallahassee Tampa Boca Raton Pensacola Orlando Miami Jacksonville
title
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The Apocalypse in African American Fiction
author
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Montgomery, Maxine Lavon.
publisher
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University Press of Florida
isbn10 | asin
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0813013895
print isbn13
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9780813013893
ebook isbn13
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9780813020020
language
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English
subject
American fiction--African American authors--History and criticism, Apocalyptic literature--History and criticism, Christianity and literature--United States, Fiction--Religious aspects--Christianity, End of the world in literature, African Americans in li
publication date
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1996
lcc
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PS374.A65M66 1996eb
ddc
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813.009/38
subject
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American fiction--African American authors--History and criticism, Apocalyptic literature--History and criticism, Christianity and literature--United States, Fiction--Religious aspects--Christianity, End of the world in literature, African Americans in li
Page iv
Copyright 1996 by the Board of Regents of the State of Florida Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper All rights reserved
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Montgomery, Maxine Lavon, 1959 The Apocalypse in African-American fiction/ Maxine Lavon Montgomery p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8130-1389-5 (alk. paper) 1. American fictionAfro-American authors History and criticism. 2. Apocalyptic literature History and criticism. 3. Christianity and literatureUnited States. 4. FictionReligious aspectsChristianity 5. End of the world in literature. 6. Afro-Americans in literature. I. Title. PS374.A65M66 1966 813.00938dc20 95-36850
The University Press of Florida is the scholarly publishing agency for the State University System of Florida, comprised of Florida A & M University, Florida Atlantic University, Florida International University, Florida State University, University of Central Florida, University of Florida, University of North Florida, University of South Florida, and University of West Florida.
University Press of Florida 15 Northwest 15th Street Gainesville, FL 32611
Page v
To the Montgomery family: my mother, Mollie Montgomery; my sisters, Juanita M. Hale and Valeria Nyaga-Ireri; my niece, Monika M. Helper; and my nephews, Daniel Nyaga-Ireri and Taivon Fuce. In memory of my father, Samuel Montgomery II; and my sister, Carol A. Montgomery.
Page vii
Contents
Preface
ix
Introduction
1
1 Charles Chesnutt, The Marrow of Tradition
15
2 Richard Wright, Native Son
28
3 Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
40
4 James Baldwin, Go Tell It on the Mountain
52
5 LeRoi Jones [Imamu Amiri Baraka], The System of Dante's Hell
64
6 Toni Morrison, Sula
74
7 Gloria Naylor, The Women of Brewster Place
88
Notes
103
Bibliography
107
Index
111
Page ix
Preface
I became aware of the use of apocalypse among African-American novelists while enrolled in a graduate course on postmodern black fiction at the University of Illinois-Champaign. Not only did I notice that the authors whose works we read frequently turned to biblical apocalyptics in giving form and essence to their works, it became clear to me that they did so with a rhetorical emphasis that differed from that of their American counterparts.
This book reflects what has become an ongoing interest on my part in the close relationship between biblical texts and African-American fictional discourse. Apocalypse, an idiom that is central to the black literary tradition, seemed the best starting point for scholarly inquiry into the ways in which the Bible has influenced black writing. It is my hope that this book will help to lay the critical groundwork for further study of the connections between Scriptural texts and African-American literature.
My primary purpose in writing is to reveal the uniqueness of the image of apocalypse in African-American fiction. Because African Americans have been excluded from full participation in America's social, political, and economic mainstream, they have been forced to develop a theological perspective at odds with that of White America. From the point of view of the dispossessed masses, the end of the world suggests a welcomed end to all forms of oppression and the beginning of a new era of equalityin this life more so than in the next one.
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In undertaking this enterprise, I wish to acknowledge the assistance of those who helped to make this book a reality: Chester J. Fontenot II and Emily Watts, for offering criticisms throughout; the Florida Endowment Fund for Higher Education, for awarding me a McKnight Junior Faculty Fellowship while I wrote and conducted research; Fred Standley, Joseph McElrath, Hunt Hawkins, and Anne Rowe, for reading portions of the book-in-progress; and, the late Richard Kenneth Barksdale, my mentor and dissertation director, whose fatherly wisdom, guidance, and encouragement inspired me to persevere.
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