| From Richard Wright to Toni Morrison: Ethics in Modern and Postmodern American Narrative Contributor(s): Hakutani, Yoshinobu (Editor), Folks, Jeffrey J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820451053 ISBN-13: 9780820451053 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $41.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - General - Literary Criticism | American - General - Foreign Language Study | English As A Second Language |
| Dewey: 813.509 |
| LCCN: 00041253 |
| Series: Modern American Literature: New Approaches |
| Physical Information: 202 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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 African 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. |