From within the frame : storytelling in African-American fiction / Bertram D. Ashe.
| Author/creator | Ashe, Bertram D., 1959- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Routledge, 2002. |
| Description | ix, 147 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Literary criticism and cultural theory Literary criticism and cultural theory. ^A445191 |
| Contents | A little personal attention : storytelling and the Black audience in Charles Chesnutt's The conjure woman -- Ah don't mean to bother wid tellin' 'em nothin' : Zora Neale Hurston's critique of the storytelling aesthetic in Their eyes were watching God -- Listening to the blues : Ralph Ellison's Trueblood episode in Invisible man -- The best "possible returns" : storytelling and gender relations in James Alan Mcpherson's "The story of a scar" -- From within the frame : narrative negotiations with the Black aesthetic in Toni Cade Bambara's "My man Bovanne" -- Would she have believed any of it? : interrogating the storytelling motive in John Edgar Wideman's "Doc's story." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-141) and index. |
| LCCN | 2002002524 |
| ISBN | 0415939542 (acid-free paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS374.B635 A84 2002 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |