The Hammers of Creation Folk Culture in Modern African-American Fiction |
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| Author:
| Sundquist, Eric J. |
| Series title: | Mercer University Lamar Memorial Lectures |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8203-2794-5 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2006 |
| Publisher: | University of Georgia Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $34.00 |
Book Description:
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Sundquist analyzes the powerful role played by folk culture in three major African-American novels of the early twentieth century: James Weldon Johnson's The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man, Zora Neale Hurston's Jonah's Gourd Vine, and Arna Bontemps's Black Thunder.
Sundquist analyzes the powerful role played by folk culture in three major African-American novels of the early twentieth century: James Weldon Johnson's The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man, Zora Neale Hurston's Jonah's Gourd Vine, and Arna Bontemps's Black Thunder.