Directions Home

Approaches to African-Canadian Literature

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Canadian
Cover of the book Directions Home by George Elliott Clarke, University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
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Author: George Elliott Clarke ISBN: 9781442661110
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Publication: September 26, 2012
Imprint: Language: English
Author: George Elliott Clarke
ISBN: 9781442661110
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Publication: September 26, 2012
Imprint:
Language: English

The latest work from pioneering scholar George Elliott Clarke, Directions Home is the most comprehensive analysis of African-Canadian texts and writers to date. Building on the discoveries of his critically acclaimed Odysseys Home, Clarke passionately analyses the beautiful complexities and haunting conundrums of this important body of literature.

Directions Home explores the trajectories and tendencies of African-Canadian literature within the Canadian canon and the socio-cultural traditions of the African Diaspora. Clarke showcases the importance of little-known texts, including church histories and slave narratives, and offers studies of autobiography, crime and punishment, jazz poetics, and musical composition. The collection also includes studies of significant contemporary writers such as George Boyd and Dionne Brand, and trailblazing African-Canadian intellectuals like A.B. Walker and Anna Minerva Henderson.

With its national, bilingual, and historical perspectives, Directions Home is an essential guide to African-Canadian literature.

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The latest work from pioneering scholar George Elliott Clarke, Directions Home is the most comprehensive analysis of African-Canadian texts and writers to date. Building on the discoveries of his critically acclaimed Odysseys Home, Clarke passionately analyses the beautiful complexities and haunting conundrums of this important body of literature.

Directions Home explores the trajectories and tendencies of African-Canadian literature within the Canadian canon and the socio-cultural traditions of the African Diaspora. Clarke showcases the importance of little-known texts, including church histories and slave narratives, and offers studies of autobiography, crime and punishment, jazz poetics, and musical composition. The collection also includes studies of significant contemporary writers such as George Boyd and Dionne Brand, and trailblazing African-Canadian intellectuals like A.B. Walker and Anna Minerva Henderson.

With its national, bilingual, and historical perspectives, Directions Home is an essential guide to African-Canadian literature.

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