Essays by Owen E. Brady, Kelly C. Connelly, Juan F. Elices, Keith Hughes, Derek C. Maus, Jerrilyn Mc Gregory, Laura Quinn, Francesca Canadé Sautman, Daniel Stein, Lisa B. Thompson, Terrence Tucker, and Albert U. Turner, Jr.
In Finding a Way Home, thirteen essays by scholars from four countries trace Walter Mosley’s distinctive approach to representing African American responses to the feeling of homelessness in an inhospitable America. Mosley (b. 1952) writes frequently of characters trying to construct an idea of home and wrest a sense of dignity, belonging, and hope from cultural and communal resources. These essays examine Mosley’s queries about the meaning of “home” in various social and historical contexts. Essayists consider the concept—whether it be material, social, cultural, or virtual—in all three of Mosley’s detective/crime fiction series (
Easy Rawlins,
Socrates Fortlow, and
Fearless Jones), his three books of speculative fiction, two of his “literary” novels (
RL’s Dream,
The Man in My Basement), and in his recent social and political nonfiction.
Essays here explore Mosley’s modes of expression, his testing of the limitations of genre, his political engagement in prose, his utopian/dystopian analyses, and his uses of parody and vernacular culture.
Finding a Way Home provides rich discussions, explaining the development of Mosley’s work.
In Finding a Way Home, thirteen essays by scholars from four countries trace Walter Mosley’s distinctive approach to representing African American responses to the feeling of homelessness in an inhospitable America. Mosley (b. 1952) writes frequently of characters trying to construct an idea of home and wrest a sense of dignity, belonging, and hope from cultural and communal resources. These essays examine Mosley’s queries about the meaning of “home” in various social and historical contexts. Essayists consider the concept—whether it be material, social, cultural, or virtual—in all three of Mosley’s detective/crime fiction series (
Easy Rawlins,
Socrates Fortlow, and
Fearless Jones), his three books of speculative fiction, two of his “literary” novels (
RL’s Dream,
The Man in My Basement), and in his recent social and political nonfiction.
Essays here explore Mosley’s modes of expression, his testing of the limitations of genre, his political engagement in prose, his utopian/dystopian analyses, and his uses of parody and vernacular culture.
Finding a Way Home provides rich discussions, explaining the development of Mosley’s work.
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A propos de l’auteur
Derek C. Maus is professor of English at SUNY Potsdam and author of Unvarnishing Reality: Subversive Russian and American Cold War Satire. He is also editor of Conversations with Colson Whitehead and coeditor (with Owen E. Brady) of Finding a Way Home: A Critical Assessment of Walter Mosley’s Fiction and (with James J. Donahue) Post-Soul Satire: Black Identity after Civil Rights, all published by University Press of Mississippi.
Langue Anglais ● Format PDF ● Pages 224 ● ISBN 9781604733358 ● Taille du fichier 1.3 MB ● Éditeur Owen E. Brady & Derek C. Maus ● Maison d’édition University Press of Mississippi ● Lieu Jackson ● Pays US ● Publié 2010 ● Téléchargeable 24 mois ● Devise EUR ● ID 5934518 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM
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