Title: Singers of daybreak
Subtitle: studies in black American 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.
Subjects: American literature, History and criticism, African American authors, African Americans in literature, Intellectual life, Afro-American authors, African Americans, Addresses, essays, lectures, Literatur, Littérature américaine, Auteurs négro-américains, Schwarze, University of South Alabama