Title: From Richard Wright to Toni Morrison
Description: "From Richard Wright to Toni Morrison: Ethics in Modern and Postmodern American Narrative studies the relationship of literature to contemporary ethical problems. Focusing on southern and Africa American writers, this book employs theoretical approaches from ethnicity studies, regional criticism, and postcolonial theory. It intends to insert a reading of ethics into the critical study of fictional and nonfictional narratives by Richard Wright, James Agee, Flannery O'Connor, Ernest J. Gaines, Walker Percy, Richard Ford, Toni Morrison, and other modern and postmodern American writers."--Jacket.
Subjects: African Americans in literature, Postmodernism (Literature), Intellectual life, History and criticism, Ethics in literature, Race in literature, Modernism (Literature), Narration (Rhetoric), African American authors, American fiction, In literature, African Americans, History, Race dans la littérature, Auteurs noirs américains, Histoire et critique, Modernisme (Littérature), Postmodernisme (Littérature), Amerikaans, Literature, Ethiek, Roman américain, Auteurs noirs américains dans la littérature, Morale dans la littérature, Romans, Narration, États-Unis (Sud) dans la littérature, American fiction, history and criticism, 20th century, American fiction, african american authors, history and criticism, Southern states, in literature
Places: Southern States, United States
Time periods: 20th century