The hammers of creation: folk culture in modern African-American fiction
In The Hammers of Creation, Eric J. Sundquist analyzes the powerful role played by folk culture in three major African-American novels of the early twentieth century: James Weldon Johnson's The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man, Zora Neale Hurston's Jonah's Gourd Vine, and Arna Bont...
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1992
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| Zusammenfassung: | In The Hammers of Creation, Eric J. Sundquist analyzes the powerful role played by folk culture in three major African-American novels of the early twentieth century: James Weldon Johnson's The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man, Zora Neale Hurston's Jonah's Gourd Vine, and Arna Bontemps's Black Thunder. Sundquist explains how the survival of cultural traditions originating in Africa and in slavery became a means of historical reflection and artistic creation for modern writers. He goes on to illustrate and compare the ways in which the three representative novels use aspects of African-American culture, including the folklore of slavery, black music from spirituals to jazz, black worship and sermonic form, and African-American resistance to slavery and segregation. The Hammers of Creation focuses on the unique narrative form of each of the three novels - Johnson's fictive autobiography, Hurston's ethnographic commentary combined with personal narrative, and Bontemps's historical fiction based on Gabriel's slave rebellion - to illustrate the range of fictional strategies black writers have employed. Through their attempts to gain cultural integrity, Sundquist explains, these writers were able to recover and preserve vital aspects of African-American history. Sundquist argues that by incorporating vernacular culture and the oral tradition into their works, Johnson, Hurston, and Bontemps challenge the primacy of written narrative while creating an African-American literary tradition that links the world of African ancestors and antebellum culture to the world of contemporary letters. |
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OE CREAYION
Folk Culture
in Modern
African-American
Fiction
EricJ Sundquist
Mercer University
Lamar Memorial Lectures No 35
The University of Georgia Press
Athens and London
CONIENTf
Foreword ix
Preface xi
CHAPTER ONE
These Old Slave Songs:
The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man 1
CHAPTER TWO
The Drum with the Man Skin:
Jonah s Gourd Vine 49
CHAPTER THREE
A Song without Words:
° Black Thunder 92
Bibliography 135
Index 147
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| spelling | Sundquist, Eric J. Verfasser aut The hammers of creation folk culture in modern African-American fiction Eric J. Sundquist Athens u.a. Univ. of Georgia Press 1992 XIII, 151 S. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Eugenia Dorothy Blount Lamar Memorial Lectures: Mercer University Lamar Memorial Lectures 35 In The Hammers of Creation, Eric J. Sundquist analyzes the powerful role played by folk culture in three major African-American novels of the early twentieth century: James Weldon Johnson's The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man, Zora Neale Hurston's Jonah's Gourd Vine, and Arna Bontemps's Black Thunder. Sundquist explains how the survival of cultural traditions originating in Africa and in slavery became a means of historical reflection and artistic creation for modern writers. He goes on to illustrate and compare the ways in which the three representative novels use aspects of African-American culture, including the folklore of slavery, black music from spirituals to jazz, black worship and sermonic form, and African-American resistance to slavery and segregation. The Hammers of Creation focuses on the unique narrative form of each of the three novels - Johnson's fictive autobiography, Hurston's ethnographic commentary combined with personal narrative, and Bontemps's historical fiction based on Gabriel's slave rebellion - to illustrate the range of fictional strategies black writers have employed. Through their attempts to gain cultural integrity, Sundquist explains, these writers were able to recover and preserve vital aspects of African-American history. Sundquist argues that by incorporating vernacular culture and the oral tradition into their works, Johnson, Hurston, and Bontemps challenge the primacy of written narrative while creating an African-American literary tradition that links the world of African ancestors and antebellum culture to the world of contemporary letters. Johnson, James Weldon / Autobiography of an ex-coloured man Bontemps, Arna Wendell <1902-1973> Black thunder Hurston, Zora Neale Jonah's gourd vine Johnson, James Weldon <1871-1938> Autobiography of an ex-coloured man Hurston, Zora Neale 1891-1960 Jonah's gourd vine (DE-588)7552832-0 gnd rswk-swf Johnson, James Weldon 1871-1938 The autobiography of an ex-coloured man (DE-588)4326593-5 gnd rswk-swf Bontemps, Arna Wendell 1902-1973 Black thunder (DE-588)7552829-0 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte 1900-2000 Schwarze. USA African Americans in literature African Americans Folklore African Americans Intellectual life 20th century American fiction African American authors History and criticism Folklore in literature Literature and folklore United States Volkskultur (DE-588)4063849-2 gnd rswk-swf Schwarze (DE-588)4116433-7 gnd rswk-swf Roman (DE-588)4050479-7 gnd rswk-swf USA USA (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd rswk-swf USA (DE-588)4078704-7 g Schwarze (DE-588)4116433-7 s Volkskultur (DE-588)4063849-2 s Roman (DE-588)4050479-7 s DE-604 Johnson, James Weldon 1871-1938 The autobiography of an ex-coloured man (DE-588)4326593-5 u Hurston, Zora Neale 1891-1960 Jonah's gourd vine (DE-588)7552832-0 u Bontemps, Arna Wendell 1902-1973 Black thunder (DE-588)7552829-0 u Eugenia Dorothy Blount Lamar Memorial Lectures: Mercer University Lamar Memorial Lectures 35 (DE-604)BV008927261 35 HEBIS Datenaustausch application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=005236563&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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| title | The hammers of creation folk culture in modern African-American fiction |
| title_auth | The hammers of creation folk culture in modern African-American fiction |
| title_exact_search | The hammers of creation folk culture in modern African-American fiction |
| title_full | The hammers of creation folk culture in modern African-American fiction Eric J. Sundquist |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The hammers of creation folk culture in modern African-American fiction Eric J. Sundquist |
| title_short | The hammers of creation |
| title_sort | the hammers of creation folk culture in modern african american fiction |
| title_sub | folk culture in modern African-American fiction |
| topic | Johnson, James Weldon / Autobiography of an ex-coloured man Bontemps, Arna Wendell <1902-1973> Black thunder Hurston, Zora Neale Jonah's gourd vine Johnson, James Weldon <1871-1938> Autobiography of an ex-coloured man Hurston, Zora Neale 1891-1960 Jonah's gourd vine (DE-588)7552832-0 gnd Johnson, James Weldon 1871-1938 The autobiography of an ex-coloured man (DE-588)4326593-5 gnd Bontemps, Arna Wendell 1902-1973 Black thunder (DE-588)7552829-0 gnd Schwarze. USA African Americans in literature African Americans Folklore African Americans Intellectual life 20th century American fiction African American authors History and criticism Folklore in literature Literature and folklore United States Volkskultur (DE-588)4063849-2 gnd Schwarze (DE-588)4116433-7 gnd Roman (DE-588)4050479-7 gnd |
| topic_facet | Johnson, James Weldon / Autobiography of an ex-coloured man Bontemps, Arna Wendell <1902-1973> Black thunder Hurston, Zora Neale Jonah's gourd vine Johnson, James Weldon <1871-1938> Autobiography of an ex-coloured man Hurston, Zora Neale 1891-1960 Jonah's gourd vine Johnson, James Weldon 1871-1938 The autobiography of an ex-coloured man Bontemps, Arna Wendell 1902-1973 Black thunder Schwarze. USA African Americans in literature African Americans Folklore African Americans Intellectual life 20th century American fiction African American authors History and criticism Folklore in literature Literature and folklore United States Volkskultur Schwarze Roman USA |
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