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+ african american literature, american literature, george washington cable, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, james weldon johnson, Mark twain, nella larsen, paul laurence dunbar, southern literature, syllabus

"Charles W. Chesnutt and The Race Question at the Turn of the TwentiethCentury" Syllabus

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Recently, I just finished reading Charles W. Chesnutt’s “The Future American” (1900) and The Quarry (1928) for a paper I am writing. As I read Chesnutt’s last novel, I started to think about a possible syllabus that would use Chesnutt as a focal point to explore “the race question” at the turn of the twentieth century. I have posted syllabi such as “African American Crime … Read More "Charles W. Chesnutt and The Race Question at the Turn of the TwentiethCentury" Syllabus

+ a new englad tale, african american literature, amelia e johnson, american literature, Clarence and Corinne, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, paul laurence dunbar

Some Thoughts about Amelia E. Johnson’s "Clarence and Corinne; or, God’s Way"

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Recently, I wrote about Paul Laurence Dunbar’s The Love of Landry (1900), a novel that focuses on white characters and the frontier. Along those same lines, I want to briefly discuss another novel from the late nineteenth century by an African American author that focuses on non-racialized characters. Amelia Johnson’s Clarence and Corinne; or, God’s Way (1890) originally appeared as a religious tract published … Read More Some Thoughts about Amelia E. Johnson’s "Clarence and Corinne; or, God’s Way"

+ african american literature, charles t. davis, finn, fn-2187, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, james olney, john boyega, star wars: the force awakens, the slave's narrative

"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" and the Antebellum Slave Narrative

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Back in October, I wrote about the controversy from some sectors that arose when the trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens appeared on Monday Night Football. With the distance of a few months, and upon recently watching the film again, I want to provide a possible way of looking at this film in regards to American literary history. As I sat at home … Read More "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" and the Antebellum Slave Narrative

+ african american literature, charles chesnutt, george fitzhugh, george washington cable, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, katharine burnett, michael bibler, mla, pmla, r. scott heath, southern literature

Mold, Spores, and The Planetary South: Further Comments on "Adjust Your Maps: Manifestos from, for, and about United States Southern Studies"

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Last post, I wrote about a couple of the manifestos on Southern Studies that appear in the current issue of PMLA. Today, I want to continue this discussion by exploring a couple more manifestos, most notably Katharine Burnett’s and R. Scott Heath’s pieces. These essays reach back, to a period typically overlooked, and forward, from a new, interplanetary viewpoint. Here, I want to comment … Read More Mold, Spores, and The Planetary South: Further Comments on "Adjust Your Maps: Manifestos from, for, and about United States Southern Studies"

+ cajun, dancing with the one-armed gal, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, louisiana literature, southern literature, tim gautreaux

Tim Gautreaux’s "Dancing with the One-Armed Gal" and Education

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In the past, I have written about education in Tim Gautreaux’s “Welding With Children” and “Misuse of Light.” Today, I want to briefly write about the way he explores ideas of identity in relation to the academy in  “Dancing with the One-Armed Gal,” the concluding story of Gautreaux’s short story collection Welding With Children (1999). In the story, Iry Boudreaux gets laid off from … Read More Tim Gautreaux’s "Dancing with the One-Armed Gal" and Education

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