{"product_id":"deans-and-truants-9780812239737","title":"Deans and Truants","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor a work to be considered African American literature, does it need to focus on African American characters? Or is it enough for the author to be identified as African American? Jarrett traces the shifting definitions of African American literature and the authors who wrote beyond those boundaries at the cost of critical dismissal or obscurity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDeans and Truants: Race and Realism in African American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e is a richly textured study of theoretical conceptions of the African American canon as well as primary and secondary sources.\" * \u003ci\u003eAmerican Literature\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eDeans and Truants\u003c\/i\u003e Gene Jarrett has inaugurated an entirely new approach to the subject of canon-formation in African American literature, insisting that we expand our definition of the tradition to include black authors who chose not to write about race and who, consequently, have often found their works uncollected and unanalyzed, if not severely critiqued. Jarrett's cogent and compelling argument is sure to generate debate and, ultimately, lead to a reconsideration of what, exactly, is 'African American' about African American literature. This is a very important book and marks the inaugural intervention of one of the major scholars and critics of African American literature of a new generation.\" * Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Harvard University *\u003cbr\u003e\"While challenging the standard notion of black literature, this readable, engaging work also provides insightful analyses of such understudied works as Morrison's short story 'Recitatif,' Yerby's historical novel \u003ci\u003eThe Foxes of Harrow\u003c\/i\u003e, and Schuyler's satirical novel \u003ci\u003eBlack No More\u003c\/i\u003e.\" * \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Selecting a wide range of writing, poetry, novels, short stories, satire, and criticism, Jarrett shows how the reception of certain authors and their texts has defined what is and is not considered African American literature to this day. . . . This book is well written and as nicely nuanced as the topic it addresses.\" * \u003ci\u003eJournal of American Studies\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Problem of African American Literature\u003cbr\u003e 1. Entirely Black Verse from Him Would Succeed\u003cbr\u003e 2. We Must Write Like the White Men\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Conventional Blindness of the Caucasian Eye\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Impress of Nationality Rather than Race\u003cbr\u003e 5. A Negro Peoples' Movement in Writing\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Race Problem Was Not a Theme for Me\u003cbr\u003e 7. A-World-in-Which-Race-Does-Not-Matter\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405713187159,"sku":"9780812239737","price":48.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812239737.jpg?v=1730493370","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/deans-and-truants-9780812239737","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}