| Approaches to Teaching Gaines's the Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and Other Works Contributor(s): Lowe, John Wharton (Editor), Beavers, Herman (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1603294600 ISBN-13: 9781603294607 Publisher: Modern Language Association of America OUR PRICE: $80.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Study & Teaching - Literary Criticism | American - African American - Literary Criticism | Modern - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 813.54 |
| LCCN: 2019012812 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 8.9" (1.00 lbs) 268 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman tells the story of a woman, a community, and the African American experience from the Civil War through Jim Crow to the civil rights movement. This narrative and Gaines's other novels and short stories explore the life of blacks in the South, their religious traditions and folkways, and their struggles under oppression. The southern communities described are diverse: blacks, creoles of color, poor whites, and wealthy landowners. Part 1 of this volume provides biographical information about Ernest Gaines and a discussion of critical and background studies of his narrative. The essays in part 2 will help teachers of African American literature, American literature, and southern literature convey to their students various aspects of Gaines's work and the adaptations of it in relation to southern literature, history, music, folk culture, and vernaculars of English. |