Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ196044
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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Introductory Remarks about the Black Literary Tradition in the United States of America.
Turner, Darwin T.
Black American Literature Forum, v12 n4 p140-47 Win 1978
Asserts that, contrary to the opinion of some, there is a Black American literary tradition. Examines definitions and issues fundamental to understanding that tradition, possible reasons for previous failures to identify a Black American tradition, and elements that scholars need to analyze as they try to describe the common characteristics of that tradition. (GW)
Descriptors: Black Literature, Fiction, Literary Criticism, Literary History, Poetry, United States Literature
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Language: English
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