Deans and truants : race and realism in African American literature /
Jarrett, Gene Andrew,1975-
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,
c2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-215) and index.
Introduction: The problem of African American literature -- "Entirely Black verse from him would succeed" -- "We must write like the white men" -- "The conventional blindness of the Caucasian eye" -- "The impress of nationality rather than race" -- "A Negro peoples' movement in writing" -- "The race problem was not a theme for me" -- "A-world-in-which-race-does-not-matter"
American literature
African Americans
African Americans in literature.
African American aesthetics.
Race in literature.
Realism in literature.