Black American Prose Writers: Before the Harlem Renaissance (Writers of English)

BLACK AMERICAN PROSE WRITERS - Before the Harlem Renaissance (Writers of English: Lives and Works)

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition, published in the Writers of English: Lives and Works series. The books were published in hardcover and paperback editions. ***Near fine in cream textured paper over maroon cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. Head and tail of spine slightly creased. Corners sharp. Boards clean and unmarked. Internally near fine, with no inscriptions. Pages clean and white. No tears. No creases. Spine tight. ***In a near fine colour printed dustwrapper. Edges of dustwrapper just very slightly creased and rubbed. No tears. No chips. No fading. Dustwrapper clean and bright. ***159 pages. 240 mm x 162 mm. ***Contents: User's Guide, The Life of the Author, Introduction, William Stanley Braithwaite, William Wells Brown, Charles W. Chesnutt, Martin R. Delany, Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Sutton E. Griggs, Pauline E. Hopkins, James Weldon Johnson, Oscar Micheaux, Frank J. Webb, Harriet E. Wilson. ***'Black American prose writing emerged in the late eighteenth century with the slave narrative, a form that Frederick Douglass brought to its artistic culmination in his "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" (1845). Shortly thereafter, the first novels by black Americans were written: William Wells Brown's "Clotel" (1853), Frank J. Webb's "The Garies and Their Friends" (1857), and Harriet E. Wilson's "Our Nig" (1859). The late nineteenth century saw the emergence of such dynamic figures as Martin R. Delany, the champion of Pan-Africanism; Charles W. Chesnutt, the most successful early black novelist; and W. E. B. Du Bois, perhaps the greatest black writer and thinker of his time. The novels of Paul Laurence Dunbar, Sutton E. Griggs, Pauline E. Hopkins, and Oscar Micheaux, the critical work of William Stanley Braithwaite, and James Weldon Johnson's challenging "Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man" (1912) showed that by the early decades of the twentieth century black American writing had come into its own. ***This volume provides information on the thirteen most significant black American prose writers up to the early twentieth century, featuring detailed biographies, a wide selection of critical extracts, and comprehensive bibliographies. ***"Writers of English: Lives and Works" is an ongoing series covering the entire range of literature in English from "Beowulf" to the present. Each volume contains biographies, biographical and critical extracts, and bibliographies of the authors covered, and features a series introduction by Harold Bloom, "The Life of the Author," as well as a special introduction to each title.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper). ***First impression of the true first edition - one of the titles in the 'Writers of English: Lives and Works' series of books. The books were published in both hardcover and paperback editions, and the hardcover editions are much harder to come by, as many were distributed to libraries. Uncommon in the UK. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Artikel-Nr. 7577

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