[Review of] R. Baxter Miller, ed., Black American Literature and Humanism

Authors

Jean Bright

Orginal Publication Date

1982

Journal Title

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Volume

2

Issue

ess/vol2/iss1

First Page

29

Last Page

30

Abstract

The seven carefully documented essays in literary criticism in this excellent short volume are possibly more lively and provocative than those ordinarily found in scholarly publications. The title,however, might well have been: eight black writers and the human condition. Definitions of humanism are varied though not contradictory, but the book is held together by reassessments of black literature which challenge many of the assumptions of previous critics.

Rights

Copyright, ​©EES, The National Association for Ethnic Studies, 1982