The indignant generation a narrative history of African American writers and critics, 1934-1960
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2011.
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xiv, 579 pages ill. 25 cm.
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Published
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2011.
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Book
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English
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This the first narrative history of the neglected but essential period of African American literature between the Harlem Renaissance and the civil rights era. The years between these two indispensable epochs saw the communal rise of Richard Wright, Gwendolyn Brooks, Ralph Ellison, Lorraine Hansberry, James Baldwin, and many other influential black writers. While these individuals have been duly celebrated, little attention has been paid to the political and artistic milieu in which they produced their greatest works. With this study, the author recalls the lost history of a crucial era. Looking at the tumultuous decades surrounding World War II, Jackson restores the "indignant" quality to a generation of African American writers shaped by Jim Crow segregation, the Great Depression, the growth of American communism, and an international wave of decolonization. He also reveals how artistic collectives in New York, Chicago, and Washington fostered a sense of destiny and belonging among diverse and disenchanted peoples. As he shows, through contemporary documents, the years that brought us Their Eyes Were Watching God, Native Son, and Invisible Man also saw the rise of African American literary criticism by both black and white critics. Fully exploring the cadre of key African American writers who triumphed in spite of segregation, this work paints a portrait of American intellectual and artistic life in the mid-twentieth century.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Jackson, L. P. (2011). The indignant generation: a narrative history of African American writers and critics, 1934-1960 . Princeton University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jackson, Lawrence Patrick. 2011. The Indignant Generation: A Narrative History of African American Writers and Critics, 1934-1960. Princeton University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jackson, Lawrence Patrick. The Indignant Generation: A Narrative History of African American Writers and Critics, 1934-1960 Princeton University Press, 2011.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Jackson, Lawrence Patrick. The Indignant Generation: A Narrative History of African American Writers and Critics, 1934-1960 Princeton University Press, 2011.
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