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James Weldon Johnson exemplified the ideal of the American public intellectual as a writer, educator, songwriter, diplomat, and first African American executive of the NAACP. Johnson's novel The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man is considered one of the foundational works of twentieth-century African American literature.

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"Given the political shift that has since taken place, with all its quotidian and spectacular terrors, a volume that posits readings of The Autobiography focused not on whether Johnson’s hopes for a remade society can ever come to pass but, rather, on the novel’s essential dualism, which keeps open the possibility of national and global transformation, is especially welcome. In its critical variety and acuity, New Approaches to James Weldon Johnson’s The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man assists readers—already living in the volume’s future—in holding fast to “the racial futurity” at the heart of Johnson’s literary and political project." — ALH Online Review, XIX.1

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      Publisher: University of Georgia Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/11/2019
      ISBN13: 9780820356839, 978-0820356839
      ISBN10: 0820356832

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      Book Synopsis
      James Weldon Johnson exemplified the ideal of the American public intellectual as a writer, educator, songwriter, diplomat, and first African American executive of the NAACP. Johnson's novel The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man is considered one of the foundational works of twentieth-century African American literature.

      Trade Review
      "Given the political shift that has since taken place, with all its quotidian and spectacular terrors, a volume that posits readings of The Autobiography focused not on whether Johnson’s hopes for a remade society can ever come to pass but, rather, on the novel’s essential dualism, which keeps open the possibility of national and global transformation, is especially welcome. In its critical variety and acuity, New Approaches to James Weldon Johnson’s The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man assists readers—already living in the volume’s future—in holding fast to “the racial futurity” at the heart of Johnson’s literary and political project." — ALH Online Review, XIX.1

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