Existentialist thought in African American literature before 1940 / edited by Melvin G. Hill.

Contents Introduction: the legacy of existentialism in African American literature before 1940 / Melvin G. Hill -- Morality, art, and the self: existentialism in Frederick Douglass and Søren Kierkegaard / Timothy Golden -- I'm not here: existential acts in nineteenth-century African American women's narrative / Jeannine King -- Sutton E. Griggs's existential vision in Imperium in imperio: the new Negro / Melvin G. Hill -- Existential authenticity in early 20th century African-American passing narratives / Renee Barlow -- "Clare Kendry cared nothing for the race. She only belonged to it": the intersectional bad faith of race and gender in Nella Larsen's passing / Chase Dimock.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Existentialist thought in African American literature before 1940 Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2016 9781498514804
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LCCN 2016001240
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