"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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Auteur principal: Whitted, Qiana J. 1974- (Auteur)
Type de support: Imprimé Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Charlottesville, Va. [u.a.] Univ. of Virginia Press 2009
Dans:Année: 2009
Recensions:‘A God of Justice?’: The Problem of Evil in Twentieth-Century Black Literature. By Qiana J. Whitted (2010) (Ingraffia, Brian D.)
Édition:1. publ.
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B USA / Littérature / Le mal / Noirs / Histoire 1920-2000
B USA / Roman / Autobiographie / Noirs / Souffrance (Motif) / Oppression (Motif) / Religion (Motif) / Spiritualité (Motif) / Histoire 1920-2000
Sujets non-standardisés: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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Résumé:"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
Description:Literaturverz. S. 203 - 216
Description matérielle:XVIII, 220 S, 23 cm
ISBN:081392796X