Existentialist Thought In African American Literature Before 1940

Download or read book Existentialist Thought in African American Literature before 1940 written by Melvin Hill and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2015-12-07 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Existentialist Thought in African American Literature before 1940 consciously acknowledges the existential currents that are profoundly embedded in African American literature, establishing a rich legacy of existentialist thought that predates Richard Wright’s existential birth.This collection fuses together discussions of existentialist thought and African American literature in an effort to rethink and even re-frame African American literary traditions, showing that several texts, and even most canonical texts, lack a systematic study through an existential lens.