Workings of the spirit : the poetics of Afro-American women's writing /

Turning on inspired interpretations of Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Morrison, and Ntozake Shange, the author weighs current critical approaches to black women's writing against his own explanation of the founding, theoretical state of Afro-American intellectual history.

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Main Author: Baker, Houston A., Jr., 1943-
Other Authors: Alexander, Elizabeth, Redmond, Patricia
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1991.
Series:Black literature and culture.
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Summary:Turning on inspired interpretations of Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Morrison, and Ntozake Shange, the author weighs current critical approaches to black women's writing against his own explanation of the founding, theoretical state of Afro-American intellectual history.
Physical Description:v, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-231) and index.
ISBN:0226035220
9780226035222
0226035239
9780226035239