Title Black male fiction and the legacy of Caliban / James W. Coleman

Published Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (193 pages) Contents Defining Calibanic discourse in the Black male novel and Black male culture -- The conscious and unconscious dimensions of Calibanic discourse thematized in Philadelphia fire -- The thematized black voice in John Edgar Wideman's The Cattle killing and Reuben -- Clarence Major's quest to define and liberate the self and the Black male writer -- Charles Johnson's response to the "Caliban's dilemma" -- Calibanic discourse in postmodern and non-postmodern Black male texts -- Ralph Ellison and the literary background of contemporary Black male postmodern writers -- The "special edge" tension between the conscious and unconscious in the contemporary Black male postmodern novel Summary With The Tempest's Caliban, Shakespeare created an archetype in the modern era depicting black men as slaves and savages who threaten civilization. As contemporary black male fiction writers have tried to free their subjects and themselves from this legacy to tell a story of liberation, they often unconsciously retell the story, making their heroes into modern-day Calibans. Coleman analyzes the modern and postmodern novels of John Edgar Wideman, Clarence Major, Charles Johnson, William Melvin Kelley, Trey Ellis, David Bradley, and Wesley Brown. He traces the Caliban legacy to early literary in Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-183) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Influence. Caliban (Fictitious character from Shakespeare) SUBJECT Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast Caliban (Fictitious character from Shakespeare) fast Subject American fiction -- African American authors -- History and criticism American fiction -- Male authors -- History and criticism American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism Postmodernism (Literature) -- United States African American men -- Intellectual life African American men in literature. Black people in literature Men in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. African American men in literature African American men -- Intellectual life American fiction American fiction -- African American authors American fiction -- Male authors Black people in literature Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Men in literature Postmodernism (Literature) United States Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book LC no. 00012686 ISBN 081317077X 9780813170770 9780813158686 0813158680

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