The Negro Character In American Literature

The Negro Character in American Literature The Negro Character in American Literature BY JOHN HERBERT NELSON, PH. IX Associate Professor of quot English m The University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Department of Journalism Press 1926 PREFATORY NOTE Several years ago, in looking quot about for a thesis subject which would be worth investigating in itself and at the same time lead to a survey of the whole field of American literature, I was attracted to certain American fictional types, particularly to the negro per haps the best portrayed of them all. His literary history seemed worth recording, partly because he arrived at his present estate only after a long and interesting journey, and partly because it would, incidentally, throw much light on our native drama, balladry, and fiction. Accordingly, I chose the subject and the result stands substantially embodied in the following study, originally a disser tation submitted for the doctorate at Cornell University, in Septem ber, 1923. Most of the chapters have been condensed, the whole has been rewritten and reorganized, and a bibliography which would now include more than twelve hundred titles and an ap pendix on negro dialect have been omitted. It is with pleasure that I acknowledge here my obligations to several friends and colleagues Professor M. W. Sampson, Pro fessor J. Q. Adams, and Professor William Strunk, of Cornell Uni versity Professor G. D. Sanders, of the University of Arizona Professor S. L. Whitcomb, Professor F. H. Hodder, and Professor W. S. Johnson, of the University of Kansas. Dr. Walter H. French, of Cornell, has offered many pertinent criticisms of the manuscript and Professor F, C. Prescott, of Cornell, under whose guidance the work was originally prosecuted, has from the beginning been both helpful and encouraging. J. H. N. Lawrence, Kansas Sept. 25, 1926 CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I INTRODUCTION 7 II THE NEGRO IN COLONIAL LITERATURE 16 III THE NEGRO CHARACTER IN SERIOUS LITERATURE BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR 23 IV THE SENTIMENTA [...] Autor: John Herbert Nelson Wydawnictwo: Waldo Specthrie Press Rok wydania: 2007 Okładka: miękka Liczba stron: 152 Wymiary: 21.6 x 14.0 x 1.0 cm Język: angielski ISBN: 9781406710595