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Subjects:

American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
Environmentalism in literature.
Ecology in literature.
Civil rights in literature.

Form/Genre:

Electronic books.

Contents:

Introduction
Up from nature: racial uplift and ecological agencies in Booker T. Washington's autobiographies
W. E. B. Du Bois at the Grand Canyon: nature, history, and race in A darkwater
The crisis, the politics of nature, and the Harlem Renaissance: Effie Lee Newsome's eco-poetics
Sawmills and swamps: ecological collectives in Zora Neale Hurston's Mules and men and Their eyes were watching God
From black Marxism to industrial ecosystem: racial and ecological crisis in William Attaway's Blood on the forge
Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-350-00943-1
1-350-00944-X