Singers of daybreak
Subtitle: studies in black American literature
By: Houston A. Baker, Jr.
Edition: 1st paperback ed.
Publisher: Howard University Press; Brand: Howard Univ Pr; Howard Univ Pr
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 109
Subjects: American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.; African Americans -- Intellectual life.; African Americans in literature.
Description: "Singers of Daybreak defies the "eurocentric" notion that black literature is didactic. In seven critical essays, Houston Baker refutes this thesis by exploring the writings and criticisms of authors who include Ralph Ellison, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Frederick Douglass, Jean Toomer, Gwendolyn Brooks and George Cain. These critiques, then, emerge as an "afrocentric" examination of the black literary tradition that has been misunderstood and distorted."--Google Books viewed Jan. 7, 2022.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 101-109.