Black Autobiography and the Dilemma of Western Artistic Tradition (A Look at Gwen Brooks'"Report From Part One").

Towns, Saundra

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Publication Date: 1974

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Black Autobiography and the Dilemma of Western Artistic Tradition (A Look at Gwen Brooks'"Report From Part One")

Towns, Saundra

Black Books Bulletin, 2, 1, 16-23, Spr 74

A discussion of the black autobiography as a unique literary genre, highlighting Gwen Brooks'"Report From Part One," as indicative of such an autobiography which goes beyond customary literary traditions in its conception of the artist as an activist. (EH)

Descriptors: Autobiographies, Black Literature, Black Studies, Literary Criticism, Literary Genres, Literary Styles, Social Action

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