Title: Black American writing from the nadir : the evolution of a literary tradition, 1877-1915 /
Authors: Bruce, Dickson D., 1946-
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press,
Year: 1989
Subjects: American literature Afro-American authors History and criticism.; American literature History and criticism; American literature History and criticism; African Americans Intellectual life; American literature African American authors History and criticism; African Americans Intellectual life; African Americans Intellectual life; African Americans in literature
Contents: Foundations of a black American literary tradition, 1877-1896 -- Identity and ambiguity : the literary career of Paul Laurence Dunbar, 1892-1906 -- Black literature in transition in the age of Dunbar, 1896-1906 -- The literature of the color line and the meaning of race, 1896-1908 -- The emerging black consciousness of the early twentieth century, 1906-1915 -- The two worlds of James Weldon Johnson.