The Resource Ten is the age of darkness : the Black Bildungsroman, Geta LeSeur
Ten is the age of darkness : the Black Bildungsroman, Geta LeSeur
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- Summary
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- In Ten Is the Age of Darkness, Geta LeSeur explores how black authors of the United States and the English-speaking Caribbean have taken a European literary tradition and adapted it to fit their own needs for self-expression. LeSeur begins by defining the European genre of the bildungsroman, then shows how the circumstances of colonialism, oppression, race, class, and gender make the maturing experiences of selected young black protagonists different from those of their white counterparts. Examining the parallels and differences in attitudes toward childhood in the West Indies and the United States, as well as the writers' individual perspectives in each work, LeSeur reaches intriguing conclusions about family life, community participation in the nurturing of children, the timing and severity of the youngsters' confrontation of adult society, and the role played by race in the journey toward adulthood
- LeSeur's readings of African American novels provide new insights into the work of Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Paule Marshall, and Richard Wright, among others. When read as examples of the bildungsroman rather than simply as chronicles of black experiences, these works reveal an even deeper significance and have a more powerful impact
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 233 pages)
- Contents
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- Introduction. "Out of Many, One": A Case of Multiple Childhoods
- I. "The Ending Up Is the Starting Out": The Bildungsroman Re/formed
- II. "Behold the Great Image of Authority": African West Indian Male Initiation
- III. "His Great Struggle Beginning": African American Male Initiation
- IV. Womanish Girls: African American Female Initiation
- V. Journeys to Selfhood: African West Indian Female Initiation
- Conclusion. Ten Is the Age of Darkness
- Chronology of the African American Bildungsroman
- Chronology of the African West Indian Bildungsroman
- Isbn
- 9780826261021
- Label
- Ten is the age of darkness : the Black Bildungsroman
- Title
- Ten is the age of darkness
- Title remainder
- the Black Bildungsroman
- Statement of responsibility
- Geta LeSeur
- Subject
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- African American children in literature
- African American children in literature
- African Americans in literature
- African Americans in literature
- American fiction -- African American authors
- American fiction -- African American authors | History and criticism
- Amerikaans
- Bildungsromans
- Bildungsromans
- Blacks in literature
- Blacks in literature
- Children, Black, in literature
- Children, Black, in literature
- Electronic books
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American | General
- Literature
- Maturation (Psychology) in literature
- Maturation (Psychology) in literature
- Ontwikkelingsromans
- Psychological fiction, American
- Psychological fiction, American -- History and criticism
- West Indian fiction (English) -- Black authors | History and criticism
- West Indies
- West Indies -- In literature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- In Ten Is the Age of Darkness, Geta LeSeur explores how black authors of the United States and the English-speaking Caribbean have taken a European literary tradition and adapted it to fit their own needs for self-expression. LeSeur begins by defining the European genre of the bildungsroman, then shows how the circumstances of colonialism, oppression, race, class, and gender make the maturing experiences of selected young black protagonists different from those of their white counterparts. Examining the parallels and differences in attitudes toward childhood in the West Indies and the United States, as well as the writers' individual perspectives in each work, LeSeur reaches intriguing conclusions about family life, community participation in the nurturing of children, the timing and severity of the youngsters' confrontation of adult society, and the role played by race in the journey toward adulthood
- LeSeur's readings of African American novels provide new insights into the work of Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Paule Marshall, and Richard Wright, among others. When read as examples of the bildungsroman rather than simply as chronicles of black experiences, these works reveal an even deeper significance and have a more powerful impact
- Action
- digitized
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- LeSeur, Geta J
- Dewey number
- 813.009/352054/08996073
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS374.N4
- LC item number
- L47 1995eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- American fiction
- West Indian fiction (English)
- Psychological fiction, American
- Maturation (Psychology) in literature
- African American children in literature
- Children, Black, in literature
- African Americans in literature
- West Indies
- Blacks in literature
- Bildungsromans
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- African American children in literature
- African Americans in literature
- American fiction
- Bildungsromans
- Blacks in literature
- Children, Black, in literature
- Literature
- Maturation (Psychology) in literature
- Psychological fiction, American
- West Indies
- Ontwikkelingsromans
- Amerikaans
- Label
- Ten is the age of darkness : the Black Bildungsroman, Geta LeSeur
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-224) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction. "Out of Many, One": A Case of Multiple Childhoods -- I. "The Ending Up Is the Starting Out": The Bildungsroman Re/formed -- II. "Behold the Great Image of Authority": African West Indian Male Initiation -- III. "His Great Struggle Beginning": African American Male Initiation -- IV. Womanish Girls: African American Female Initiation -- V. Journeys to Selfhood: African West Indian Female Initiation -- Conclusion. Ten Is the Age of Darkness -- Chronology of the African American Bildungsroman -- Chronology of the African West Indian Bildungsroman
- Control code
- 45843795
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 233 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780826261021
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)45843795
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- Ten is the age of darkness : the Black Bildungsroman, Geta LeSeur
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-224) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction. "Out of Many, One": A Case of Multiple Childhoods -- I. "The Ending Up Is the Starting Out": The Bildungsroman Re/formed -- II. "Behold the Great Image of Authority": African West Indian Male Initiation -- III. "His Great Struggle Beginning": African American Male Initiation -- IV. Womanish Girls: African American Female Initiation -- V. Journeys to Selfhood: African West Indian Female Initiation -- Conclusion. Ten Is the Age of Darkness -- Chronology of the African American Bildungsroman -- Chronology of the African West Indian Bildungsroman
- Control code
- 45843795
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 233 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780826261021
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)45843795
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Subject
- African American children in literature
- African American children in literature
- African Americans in literature
- African Americans in literature
- American fiction -- African American authors
- American fiction -- African American authors | History and criticism
- Amerikaans
- Bildungsromans
- Bildungsromans
- Blacks in literature
- Blacks in literature
- Children, Black, in literature
- Children, Black, in literature
- Electronic books
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American | General
- Literature
- Maturation (Psychology) in literature
- Maturation (Psychology) in literature
- Ontwikkelingsromans
- Psychological fiction, American
- Psychological fiction, American -- History and criticism
- West Indian fiction (English) -- Black authors | History and criticism
- West Indies
- West Indies -- In literature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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