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American fiction--African American authors--History and criticism, African Americans in literature.
publication date
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1987
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PS153.N5B43 1987eb
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813/.009/896
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American fiction--African American authors--History and criticism, African Americans in literature.
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The Afro-American Novel and Its Tradition
Bernard W. Bell
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In memory of my mother, Theresa Bell, and my cousin, Bernice Hammond, and for my wife, Carrie, sons, Byron, Christopher, and Douglass, and mentor, Sterling A. Brown
Copyright 1987 by The University of Massachusetts Press First published in paperback in 1989 All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Set in Linotron Palatino at Rainsford Type
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bell, Bernard W. The Afro-American novel and its tradition. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. American fictionAfro-American authorsHistory and criticism. 2. Afro-Americans in literature. I. Title. PS 153.N5B43 1987 813'.009'896 86-25070 ISBN 0-87023-688-1 (alk. paper; paper)
British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data are available.
This publication has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, a federal agency which supports the study of such fields as history, philosophy, literature, and language.
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What I mean to suggest by this catalogue is the necessity, at the present time, of setting investigations of works of literature and verbal art in a framework that I call the "anthropology of art." The phrase expresses for me the notion that art must be studied with an attention to the methods and findings of disciplines which enable one to address such concerns as the status of the artistic object, the relationship of art to other cultural systems, and the nature and function of artistic creation and perception in a given society. HOUSTON A. BAKER, JR. The Journey Back
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Contents
Introduction
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1 The Roots of the Early Afro-American Novel
3
Sociopsychological Roots: Double-Consciousness, Double Vision, and Socialized Ambivalence
3
African Oral Narratives
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Afro-American Folk Roots
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Residually Oral Forms: Oratory, Myth, Legend, Tale, and Song
20
Literary Sources
27
Abolitionist Literature
27
The Bible
29
Populer Fiction
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2 The Early Afro-American Novel: Historical Romance, Social Realism, and Beyond
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