"A god of justice?": the problem of evil in twentieth-century Black literature

"In my flesh shall I see god" : ritual violence, racial redemption, and Countée Cullen's "The Black Christ" -- "Wrastl' on Jacob" : Richard Wright and the trope of the mourner's bench -- "A loveless, barren, hopeless western marriage" : spiritua...

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Main Author: Whitted, Qiana J. 1974- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Charlottesville, Va. [u.a.] University of Virginia Press 2009
In:Year: 2009
Reviews:‘A God of Justice?’: The Problem of Evil in Twentieth-Century Black Literature. By Qiana J. Whitted (2010) (Ingraffia, Brian D.)
Edition:1. publ.
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Literature / Evil / Blacks / History 1920-2000
B USA / Novel / Autobiography / Blacks / Suffering (Motif) / Oppression (Motif) / Religion (Motif) / Spirituality (Motif) / History 1920-2000
Further subjects:B Justice in literature
B American literature History and criticism 20th century
B Religion in literature
B Literature and society History 20th century United States
B Evil in literature
B African Americans Intellectual life 20th century
B Literature and society (United States) History 20th century
B African Americans Intellectual life 20th century
B American literature African American authors History and criticism
B Good and evil in literature
B American literature 20th century History and criticism
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Summary:"In my flesh shall I see god" : ritual violence, racial redemption, and Countée Cullen's "The Black Christ" -- "Wrastl' on Jacob" : Richard Wright and the trope of the mourner's bench -- "A loveless, barren, hopeless western marriage" : spiritual infidelity in the fiction of Nella Larsen and Alice Walker -- "There is no way not to suffer" : evil ruptures and improvisations of joy in "Sonny's blues" and "The sky is gray" -- "But god is not a mystery. We are." : Toni Morrison and the problem of paradise
Item Description:Literaturverz. S. 203 - 216
ISBN:081392796X