Telling Tales: The Pedagogy and Promise of African American Literature for Youth

by Dianne Johnson-Feelings and Dianne A. Johnson

This work examines the development of African American literature for young people--in terms of recurrent thematic content and underlying philosophies--from 1920 to the present. Johnson provides a close reading of various texts including 1) The Brownies' Book magazine, edited by W.E.B. Du Bois and Jessie Fauset from January 1920 through December 1921; 2) fiction, non-fiction, and poetry written by Langston Hughes and Arna Bontemps in the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313272069
• ISBN13: 9780313272066
• Release Date: October 1990
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"