Workings of the Spirit: The Poetics of Afro-American Women's Writing - Paperback
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Workings of the Spirit: The Poetics of Afro-American Women's Writing - Paperback
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by Houston A. Baker Jr (Author)
Turning on inspired interpretations of Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Morrison, and Ntozake Shange, Workings of the Spirit weighs current critical approaches to black women's writing against Baker's own explanation of the founding, theoretical state of Afro-American intellectual history.
"Brilliant, and tenderly riveted to gratitude as an indispensable facet of analysis, Houston Baker arrives, yet again, bearing the loveliest flowers of his devotion and delight: thank God he's here!"--June JordanAuthor Biography
Houston A. Baker, Jr., is professor of English and the Albert M. Greenfield Professor of Human Relations at the University of Pennsylvania, where he also directs the Center for the Study of Black Literature and Culture.
Number of Pages: 256
Dimensions: 0.58 x 9 x 6 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: February 01, 1993