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The sexual mountain and Black women writers : adventures in sex, literature, and real life

Title
The sexual mountain and Black women writers : adventures in sex, literature, and real life / Calvin C. Hernton.
Author
Hernton, Calvin C.
Publication
New York : Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1987.

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Description
xvi, 168 p.; 22 cm.
Subject
  • American literature > African American authors > History and criticism
  • American literature > Women authors > History and criticism
  • American literature > 20th century > History and criticism
  • African American women in literature
  • Women and literature > United States
  • Feminism and literature > United States
  • Sex in literature
  • African Americans in literature
  • Sex role in literature
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [161]-168.
Contents
Who's afraid of Alice Walker? The Color Purple as slave narrative -- The sexual mountain and the Black Women writers -- The significance of Ann Petry: The fear of Bigger Thomas and the rage of Lutie Johnson --Black women in the life and work of Langston Hughes: Feministic writings of a male poet -- Black women poets: The oral narrative tradition.
Call Number
Sc D 88-112
ISBN
0385239211
LCCN
87000467
OCLC
  • 59148989
  • NYPG87-B96569
Author
Hernton, Calvin C.
Title
The sexual mountain and Black women writers : adventures in sex, literature, and real life / Calvin C. Hernton.
Imprint
New York : Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1987.
Edition
1st ed.
Bibliography
Bibliography: p. [161]-168.
Local Subject
Black author.
Research Call Number
Sc D 88-112
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