"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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Autore principale: Whitted, Qiana J. 1974- (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Stampa Libro
Lingua:Inglese
Servizio "Subito": Ordinare ora.
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WorldCat: WorldCat
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Pubblicazione: Charlottesville, Va. [u.a.] Univ. of Virginia Press 2009
In:Anno: 2009
Recensioni:‘A God of Justice?’: The Problem of Evil in Twentieth-Century Black Literature. By Qiana J. Whitted (2010) (Ingraffia, Brian D.)
Edizione:1. publ.
(sequenze di) soggetti normati:B USA / Letteratura / Il male / Neri / Storia 1920-2000
B USA / Romanzo / Autobiografia / Neri / Sofferenza (Motivo) / Oppressione (Motivo) / Religione (Motivo) / Spiritualità (Motivo) / Storia 1920-2000
Altre parole chiave: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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Riepilogo:"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
Descrizione del documento:Literaturverz. S. 203 - 216
Descrizione fisica:XVIII, 220 S, 23 cm
ISBN:0-8139-2796-X
0-8139-2797-8
978-0-8139-2796-1
978-0-8139-2797-8