Shadow archives : the lifecycles of African American literature / Jean-Christophe Cloutier.
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- 0231550243
- 9780231550246
- 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
- Littérature américaine -- 20e siècle -- Sources d'information
- Littérature américaine -- 20e siècle -- Recherche -- Méthodologie
- Noirs américains -- Vie intellectuelle -- 20e siècle
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- African American
- American literature -- African American authors
- African Americans -- Intellectual life
- American literature -- Research -- Methodology
- 1900-1999
- 810.9/896073 23
- PS153.N5 C53 2019
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
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