| Contents |
Prologue. Moving from the margins -- On freedom and the will to adorn: the African American essay -- Voices of thunder: nineteenth-century black oratory and the development of the African American essay -- On art and such: debating aesthetics during the Harlem Renaissance -- Stranger at home: James Baldwin on what it means to be an American -- The mystery of American identity: Ralph Ellison -- On women, rights, and writing: June Jordan and Alice Walker -- Epilogue. Essaying in the digital age. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| LCCN | 2018016245 |
| ISBN | 9781469646893 hardcover alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 1469646897 hardcover alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 9781469646909 paperback alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 1469646900 paperback alkaline paper |
| ISBN | electronic book |
