Title Shadow archives : the lifecycles of African American literature / Jean-Christophe Cloutier

Published New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource Contents Introduction: "not like an arrow, but a boomerang," or the lifecycles of twentieth century African American literary papers -- Black special collections and the midcentury rise of the institutional collector -- Claude McKay's archival rebirth : provenance and politics in Amiable with Big Teeth -- "At once both document and symbol": Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, and the Lafargue Clinic Photographic Archive -- An interlude concerning the vanishing manuscripts of Ann Petry -- "Too obscure for learned classification": comic books, counterculture, and archival invisibility in Invisible Man -- Coda. disappointed bridges : a note on the discovery of Amiable with Big Teeth Summary Shadow Archives brings to life a slew of newly discovered texts to tell the stories of black special collections and their struggle for institutional recognition. Jean-Christophe Cloutier offers revelatory readings of major African American writers and provides a nuanced view of how archives shape literary history Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 16, 2019) Subject American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism American literature -- 20th century -- Information resources American literature -- 20th century -- Research -- Methodology African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 1900 - 1999. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- African American. American literature -- African American authors African Americans -- Intellectual life American literature -- Research -- Methodology Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book LC no. 2019011302 ISBN 0231550243 9780231550246

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