Freedom Time: The Poetics and Politics of Black Experimental Writing

by Anthony Reed

Book Overview

Standard literary criticism tends to either ignore or downplay the unorthodox tradition of black experimental writing that emerged in the wake of protests against colonization and Jim Crow-era segregation. Histories of African American literature likewise have a hard time accounting for the distinctiveness of experimental writing, which is part of a general shift in emphasis among black writers away from appeals for social recognition or raising...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421421208
• ISBN13: 9781421421209
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher