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Cross-Cultural Visions in African American Literature: West Meets East

By Yoshinobu Hakutani

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2011
ISBN
0230113419, 9780230113411
LCC
PS153.N5 C79 2011
Open Library ID
OL24893256M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1349164 bytes)
Pages
243\243
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

The most influential East-West artistic, cultural, and literary exchange that has taken place in modern and postmodern times was the reading and writing of haiku. Richard Wright wrote over four thousand haiku, Alice Walker’s work reflects her affinity for Zen philosophy, and Ishmael Reed’s work includes a discussion of Eastern thought.  Here, esteemed contributors investigate the impact of Eastern philosophy and religion on African American writers from Richard Wright to Ralph Ellison to Ishmael Reed and Charles Johnson, offering a fresh field of literary inquiry.

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