Sentences with phrase «black literary tradition»

The Washington Post Notable Book, which is the definitive biography of «one of the towering figures of the black literary tradition» (Henry Louis Gates, Jr.), has continued to receive critical acclaim since its release last summer.

Not exact matches

Whereas Hurston's novel takes its form from the storytelling traditions of black culture, The Color Purple is more consciously literary.

The great achievement of both writers has been to open the larger literary tradition to black women's voices and to transforming the spiritual power of their vision.

Though 45 years separate Their Eyes Were Watching God and The Color Purple, the two novels embody many similar concerns and methods, ones that characterize the black women's literary tradition — a tradition now in full flower through the work of such writers as Toni Morrison, Paule Marshall, Gloria Naylor, Toni Cade Bambara, Ntozake Shange and Audre Lorde.

The contributions made to black women's literary tradition by the pioneering folklorist / storyteller Zora Neale Hurston and contemporary novelist Alice Walker are assessed.

Fred Moten is a poet and literary theorist, whose book In The Break: The Aesthetics of the Black Radical Tradition (University of Minnesota Press, 2003) explored the sonic and aural lineages of the «black radical tradition.&rBlack Radical Tradition (University of Minnesota Press, 2003) explored the sonic and aural lineages of the «black radical traditioTradition (University of Minnesota Press, 2003) explored the sonic and aural lineages of the «black radical tradition.&rblack radical traditiontradition.»