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008 880425s1988 nyu b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aPS153.N5$bT47 1988
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100 1 $aThomas, H. Nigel,$d1947-
245 10 $aFrom folklore to fiction :$ba study of folk heroes and rituals in the Black American novel /$cH. Nigel Thomas.
260 $aNew York :$bGreenwood Press,$c1988.
300 $axii, 200 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aContributions in Afro-American and African studies,$x0069-9624 ;$vno. 118
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 181-194) and index.
505 0 $a1. Afro-American Folklore: Identification and Interpretation -- 2. Preachers and Bad Niggers -- 3. Tricksters -- 4. Rituals -- Conclusion.
520 $a"Learn it to the younguns" : Passing on folk wisdom / Daryl Cumber Dance -- Chapter 1 - Afro-American folklore : Identification and interpretation -- Preliminary remarks -- Religious folklore -- Secular musical lore -- Secular spoken lore -- Superstitions and conjure -- Chapter 2 - Preachers and bad niggers -- The black preacher -- Bad niggers -- John Henry -- Black Moses -- The bad bad nigger -- Chapter 3 - Tricksters -- Influences on the Afro-American trickster tradition -- Chesnutt to Ellison -- The late fifties and beyond -- Chapter 4 - Rituals -- Defining rituals -- Uncertain transmission : James Weldon Johnson -- The people's idiom - The Harlem Renaissance : Hughes -- Enlarging the perspective : Wright, Walker, Ellison, Baldwin, Marshall -- Toward globalism : Forrest -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.
650 0 $aAmerican fiction$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aLiterature and folklore$zUnited States.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$xIntellectual life.
650 0 $aRites and ceremonies in literature.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans in literature.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$xFolklore.
650 0 $aFolklore in literature.
650 0 $aHeroes in literature.
650 7 $aAfrican Americans.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00799558
650 7 $aAfrican Americans in literature.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00799727
650 7 $aAfrican Americans$xIntellectual life.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00799627
650 7 $aAmerican fiction$xAfrican American authors.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00807049
650 7 $aFolklore in literature.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00930370
650 7 $aHeroes in literature.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00955583
650 7 $aLiterature and folklore.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01000074
650 7 $aRites and ceremonies in literature.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01098231
651 7 $aUnited States.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204155
650 7 $aNoirs ame ricains$xDans la litte rature.$2ram
650 7 $aFolklore$xDans la litte rature.$2ram
650 7 $aRites et ce re monies$xDans la litte rature.$2ram
650 7 $aNoirs ame ricains$xFolklore.$2ram
650 7 $aHe ros (litte rature)$2ram
650 7 $aRoman ame ricain$xAuteurs noirs ame ricains$xHistoire et critique.$2ram
650 7 $aLitte rature ame ricaine$xThe mes, motifs.$2ram
650 7 $aLitte rature et folklore$zE tats-Unis.$2ram
650 7 $aRites et ce re monies dans la litte rature ame ricaine.$2ram
650 7 $aNoirs$zE tats-Unis$xFolklore.$2ram
650 6 $aRoman ame ricain$xAuteurs ne gro-ame ricains$xHistoire et critique.
650 6 $aNoirs ame ricains dans la litte rature.
650 6 $aFolklore dans la litte rature.
650 6 $aHe ros dans la litte rature.
650 6 $aRites et ce re monies dans la litte rature.
650 6 $aNoirs ame ricains$xFolklore.
653 $aFiction in English$aAmerican black writers, to 1975 - Critical studies
655 7 $aCriticism, interpretation, etc.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411635
655 7 $aFolklore.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01423784
776 08 $iOnline version:$aThomas, H. Nigel, 1947-$tFrom folklore to fiction.$dNew York : Greenwood Press, 1988$w(OCoLC)581259534
776 08 $iOnline version:$aThomas, H. Nigel, 1947-$tFrom folklore to fiction.$dNew York : Greenwood Press, 1988$w(OCoLC)608924743
830 0 $aContributions in Afro-American and African studies ;$vno. 118.$x0069-9624
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780313262241.pdf
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