Canaan bound : the African-American great migration novel /
Rodgers, Lawrence R.(Lawrence Richard),1960-
Chicago, Ill. : University of Illinois Press,
c1997.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-223) and index.
Introduction : The great migration novel form -- The early migration novel -- Migration and the Harlem Renaissance -- The fugitive migrant novel's critique of ascent -- The communal migrant's recuperation of immersion -- Epilogue : Post-Ellison migration novels.
American fiction
African Americans in literature.
Rural-urban migration in literature.
Migration, Internal, in literature.
City and town life in literature.
Literature and society
Narration (Rhetoric)