Outside Literary Studies: Black Criticism and the University Hines Andy
Outside Literary Studies: Black Criticism and the University Hines Andy A timely reconsideration of the history of the profession, Outside Literary Studies investigates how midcentury Black writers…
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Outside Literary Studies: Black Criticism and the University Hines Andy
A timely reconsideration of the history of the profession, Outside Literary Studies investigates how midcentury Black writers built a critical practice tuned to the struggle against racism and colonialism.This striking contribution to Black literary studies examines the practices of Black writers in the mid-twentieth century to revise our understanding of the institutionalization of literary studies in America. These include well-known figures such as Langston Hughes and Lorraine Hansberry as well as still underappreciated writers like Melvin B. Andy Hines uncovers a vibrant history of interpretive resistance to university-based New Criticism by Black writers of the American left.
In their critical practice, these and other Black writers levied their critique from "outside" venues: behind the closed doors of the Senate Permanent Tolson and Doxey Wilkerson.
Literary Criticism and Theory
Nature and Literary Studies