The primate's dream
Subtitle: literature, race, and ethnicity in America
By: James W. Tuttleton.
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
Subjects: American literature -- History and criticism.; African Americans in literature.; American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.; African Americans -- Intellectual life.; Ethnicity in literature.; Race in literature.
Description: The central concern of James Tuttleton's new collection of literary essays is the work of black writers and the representation of the black experience in America. Mr. Tuttleton approaches the subject with caution, but with his usual clear-eyed judgment, seeking to restore objective criticism to its proper role in the treatment of "minority" writings.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (299-328) and index.