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Black Male Fiction and the Legacy of Caliban
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 influences, primarily Ralph Ellison, and then deftly demonstrates its contemporary manifestations. This engaging study challenges those who argue for the liberating possibilities of the postmodern narrative, as Coleman reveals the pervasiveness and influence of Calibanic discourse.
At the heart of James Coleman's study is the perceived history of the black male in Western culture and the traditional racist stereotypes indigenous to the language. Calibanic discourse, Coleman argues, so deeply and subconsciously influences the texts of black male writers that they are unable to cast off the oppression inherent in this discourse. Coleman wants to change the perception of black male writers' struggle with oppression by showing that it is their special struggle with language. Black Male Fiction and the Legacy of Caliban is the first book to analyze a substantial body of black male fiction from a central perspective.
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Reviews
"One of the few studies devoted to contemporary black male fiction."—Choice
"One of the first books devoted to the contemporary fiction of African American men and seeks to broaden and complicate our understanding of black masculinity."—South Atlantic Review
"Coleman offers compelling, original analyses of a body of frequently overlooked and critically neglected works. That many of the works are by some of the best known black male writers of our time simply underscores the timeliness of Coleman's study."—Southern Literary Journal
"The quality of this book far exceeds the platitudes that we normally reserve for the very best work in the field: Phenomenal? Yes. Engaging? Quite. Seminal? For certain. Distinguished? Very possibly the most distinguished work on this subject to have come forth this century."—Warren Carson
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Other Titles by James W. Coleman
Understanding Edward P. Jones
Other Titles in LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
Approaches to Teaching the Works of Cormac McCarthy
Approaches to Teaching the Works of Karen Tei Yamashita
Silas House