The Resource Ride out the wilderness : geography and identity in Afro-American literature, Melvin Dixon
Ride out the wilderness : geography and identity in Afro-American literature, Melvin Dixon
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The item Ride out the wilderness : geography and identity in Afro-American literature, Melvin Dixon represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.
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- Summary
- "Often considered alienated from mainstream culture and consigned to negative environments, Afro-American writers have created alternative spatial and geographical metaphors to develop a positive sense of individual and cultural identity. Melvin Dixon demonstrates how three principal figures of the land--the wilderness, the underground, and the mountaintop--have become places of refuge and cultural revitalization for the performance of identity, from early slave songs and fugitive narratives to modern and contemporary fiction"--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 182 pages
- Contents
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- Go in the wilderness. We'll stand the storm : slave songs and narratives
- Down in the lonesome valley. Wake the nations underground : Jean Toomer and Claude McKay. Trouble about my grave : Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, and LeRoi Jones. Keep me from sinking down : Zora Neale Hurston, Alice Walker, and Gayl Jones
- Way up on the mountain. Rocks gonna cry out : James Baldwin. Like an eagle in the air : Toni Morrison
- Isbn
- 9780252014147
- Label
- Ride out the wilderness : geography and identity in Afro-American literature
- Title
- Ride out the wilderness
- Title remainder
- geography and identity in Afro-American literature
- Statement of responsibility
- Melvin Dixon
- Subject
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- African Americans -- Intellectual life
- African Americans in literature
- African Americans in literature
- American literature -- African American authors
- American literature -- African American authors | History and criticism
- Baldwin, James, 1924-1987
- Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Ellison, Ralph
- Ellison, Ralph -- Criticism and interpretation
- Hurston, Zora Neale
- Hurston, Zora Neale -- Criticism and interpretation
- Identity (Psychology) in literature
- Identity (Psychology) in literature
- Imamu Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones), 1934- -- Criticism and interpretation
- African Americans -- Intellectual life
- Landscapes in literature
- McKay, Claude, 1890-1948
- McKay, Claude, 1890-1948 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Morrison, Toni
- Morrison, Toni -- Criticism and interpretation
- Psychological fiction, American
- Psychological fiction, American -- History and criticism
- Toomer, Jean, 1894-1967
- Toomer, Jean, 1894-1967 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Walker, Alice, 1944-
- Walker, Alice, 1944- -- Criticism and interpretation
- Wright, Richard, 1908-1960
- Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Landscapes in literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Often considered alienated from mainstream culture and consigned to negative environments, Afro-American writers have created alternative spatial and geographical metaphors to develop a positive sense of individual and cultural identity. Melvin Dixon demonstrates how three principal figures of the land--the wilderness, the underground, and the mountaintop--have become places of refuge and cultural revitalization for the performance of identity, from early slave songs and fugitive narratives to modern and contemporary fiction"--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1950-1992
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Dixon, Melvin
- Dewey number
- 810/.9/896
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS153.N5
- LC item number
- D58 1987
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Toomer, Jean
- McKay, Claude
- Wright, Richard
- Ellison, Ralph
- Imamu Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones)
- Hurston, Zora Neale
- Walker, Alice
- Baldwin, James
- Morrison, Toni
- Baldwin, James
- Ellison, Ralph
- Hurston, Zora Neale
- McKay, Claude
- Morrison, Toni
- Toomer, Jean
- Walker, Alice
- Wright, Richard
- American literature
- Psychological fiction, American
- African Americans
- Identity (Psychology) in literature
- African Americans in literature
- Landscapes in literature
- African Americans in literature
- African Americans
- American literature
- Identity (Psychology) in literature
- Landscapes in literature
- Psychological fiction, American
- Label
- Ride out the wilderness : geography and identity in Afro-American literature, Melvin Dixon
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-176) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Go in the wilderness. We'll stand the storm : slave songs and narratives -- Down in the lonesome valley. Wake the nations underground : Jean Toomer and Claude McKay. Trouble about my grave : Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, and LeRoi Jones. Keep me from sinking down : Zora Neale Hurston, Alice Walker, and Gayl Jones -- Way up on the mountain. Rocks gonna cry out : James Baldwin. Like an eagle in the air : Toni Morrison
- Control code
- ocm15107963
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xi, 182 pages
- Isbn
- 9780252014147
- Lccn
- 86030918
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Label
- Ride out the wilderness : geography and identity in Afro-American literature, Melvin Dixon
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-176) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Go in the wilderness. We'll stand the storm : slave songs and narratives -- Down in the lonesome valley. Wake the nations underground : Jean Toomer and Claude McKay. Trouble about my grave : Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, and LeRoi Jones. Keep me from sinking down : Zora Neale Hurston, Alice Walker, and Gayl Jones -- Way up on the mountain. Rocks gonna cry out : James Baldwin. Like an eagle in the air : Toni Morrison
- Control code
- ocm15107963
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xi, 182 pages
- Isbn
- 9780252014147
- Lccn
- 86030918
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
Subject
- African Americans -- Intellectual life
- African Americans in literature
- African Americans in literature
- American literature -- African American authors
- American literature -- African American authors | History and criticism
- Baldwin, James, 1924-1987
- Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Ellison, Ralph
- Ellison, Ralph -- Criticism and interpretation
- Hurston, Zora Neale
- Hurston, Zora Neale -- Criticism and interpretation
- Identity (Psychology) in literature
- Identity (Psychology) in literature
- Imamu Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones), 1934- -- Criticism and interpretation
- African Americans -- Intellectual life
- Landscapes in literature
- McKay, Claude, 1890-1948
- McKay, Claude, 1890-1948 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Morrison, Toni
- Morrison, Toni -- Criticism and interpretation
- Psychological fiction, American
- Psychological fiction, American -- History and criticism
- Toomer, Jean, 1894-1967
- Toomer, Jean, 1894-1967 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Walker, Alice, 1944-
- Walker, Alice, 1944- -- Criticism and interpretation
- Wright, Richard, 1908-1960
- Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Landscapes in literature
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