 | Black American Literature and Humanism Subjects: American literature -- Afro -- American authors -- History and criticism -- Congresses; Humanism in literature -- Congresses; American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism -- Congresses; For Black writers, what is tradition? What does it mean to them that Western humanism has excluded Black culture? Seven noted Black writers and critics take up these and other questions in this collection of original essays, attempting to redefine humanism from a Black perspective, to free it from ethnocentrism, and to enlarge its cultural base. Contributors: Richard K. Barksdale, Alice Childress, Chester J. Fontenot, Michael S. Harper, Trudier Harris, George E. Kent, R. Baxter Miller R. Baxter Miller is associate professor of English at the University of Tennessee. |
