From Apology to Protest: The Black American NovelEverett/Edwards, 1973 - 227 A survey of African-American novels chiefly written between 1940 and 1970. |
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... Clotel ( 1853 ) . Published in London , the novel is a propagandistic con- demnation of slavery designed to advance the Abolitionist cause . The plot is interspersed with tales of the inhumanity practiced by whites against slaves . In ...
... Clotel ( 1853 ) . Published in London , the novel is a propagandistic con- demnation of slavery designed to advance the Abolitionist cause . The plot is interspersed with tales of the inhumanity practiced by whites against slaves . In ...
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... Clotel , who finally ends her tragic life by drowning in the Potomac River as she is being pursued by a gang of whites . The fact that she dies within sight of the White House , occupied by Thomas Jefferson , is more than a coincidence ...
... Clotel , who finally ends her tragic life by drowning in the Potomac River as she is being pursued by a gang of whites . The fact that she dies within sight of the White House , occupied by Thomas Jefferson , is more than a coincidence ...
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... Clotel or DuBois ' " dark princess , " Helen is , in effect , selling out to the white bigots who have kept the majority of her race in bondage . Caldwell is rather unsure of his allegiances and his novel deteriorates into a series of ...
... Clotel or DuBois ' " dark princess , " Helen is , in effect , selling out to the white bigots who have kept the majority of her race in bondage . Caldwell is rather unsure of his allegiances and his novel deteriorates into a series of ...
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Wright and the Protest Novel | 21 |
The Protest Tradition in the Forties | 33 |
The Revolt Against Wright | 51 |
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accept action American apologetic aspects attempts Baldwin basically becomes Bigger brother Brown characters concentrates concerned continued deals death decides depicts discovers discrimination dominant effects effort environment escape eventually existence experience exploitation face fact fear feels fiction fight finally finds forced freedom friends ghetto girl give Harlem human identity illustrates indicates individual invisible involved John killed lives major manner means merely militant murder Native Negro novelists objective oppression organized period person plantation popular position prejudice presents pressures primarily problems produced protagonist protest novel psychological race racial racism realizes rebel refuses representative respect responsible result reveal role sense sexual situation social society South story Street stresses Tell tends theme Thomas tion tradition tries turns victim violence white society wife woman Wright writers York young youth