Workings of the Spirit The Poetics of Afro-American Women's Writing |
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| Author:
| Baker, Houston A. |
| Series title: | Black Literature and Culture Series BLC Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-226-03522-2 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 1991 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $163.95 |
Book Description:
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Turning on inspired interpretations of Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Morrison, and Ntozake Shange,
Workings of the Spirit weighs current critical approaches to black women's writing against Baker's own explanation of the founding, theoretical state of Afro-American intellectual history. "Brilliant, and tenderly riveted to gratitude as an indispensable facet of analysis, Houston Baker arrives, yet again, bearing the loveliest flowers of his devotion and delight: thank God...
More DescriptionTurning on inspired interpretations of Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Morrison, and Ntozake Shange, Workings of the Spirit weighs current critical approaches to black women's writing against Baker's own explanation of the founding, theoretical state of Afro-American intellectual history.
"Brilliant, and tenderly riveted to gratitude as an indispensable facet of analysis, Houston Baker arrives, yet again, bearing the loveliest flowers of his devotion and delight: thank God he's here!"--June Jordan