WHAT WAS AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE final英文版

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1、Thisfileisbeingprovidedsolelyforthepurposeofevaluatingthisworkforsubsidiaryrightslicensing,anditisnotsuitablefortranslationorproductionpurposes.Nopartofthetextmaybereproduced,shared,orforwardedwithoutwrittenpermissionofHarvardUniversityPress.Uponcompletionofrev

2、iew,pleasedeleteanysavedcopiesofthisfile.WhatWasAfricanAmericanLiterature?TheW.E.B.DuBoisLecturesWhatWasAfricanAmericanLiterature?KennethW.WarrenHarvardUniversityPressCambridge,Massachusetts,andLondon,EnglandCopyright©2011bythePresidentandFellowsofHarvardColleg

3、eALLRIGHTSRESERVEDPrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaFirstHarvardUniversityPresspaperbackedition,2012LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataWarren,KennethW.(KennethWayne)WhatwasAfricanAmericanliterature?/KennethW.Warren.p.cm.Includesbibliographicalreferenc

4、esandindex.ISBN978-0-674-04922-2(cloth:alk.paper)ISBN978-0-674-06629-8(pbk.)1.Americanliterature—AfricanAmericanauthors—Historyandcriticism—Theory,etc.2.AfricanAmericansinliterature.I.Title.PS153.N5W3482010810.9'896073—dc222010015714InmemoriamAutryL.WarrenNoraF

5、rancesWarrenContentsAcknowledgmentsix1.HistoricizingAfricanAmericanLiterature12.ParticularityandtheProblemofInterpretation443.TheFutureofthePast81Conclusion:ThePastinthePresent118Notes151Index169AcknowledgmentsMythankstoHenryLouisGatesJr.andtotheW.E.B.DuBoisIns

6、titutefortheopportunitytogivethe2007W.E.B.DuBoisLectures,whichformthebasisforthisbook.AportionofChapter2wasdeliveredas“W.E.B.DuBois’sDuskofDawn:TheEndofaBeginninginAfricanAmericanistInquiry”attheHartInstituteatPomonaCollegeaspartofits2002–2003Lec-tureSeries“Pub

7、licIntellectuals/PublicIssues.”I’malsoin-debtedtotheparticipantsintheAmericanCulturesWorkshopattheUniversityofChicagoforhelpfulresponsestoportionsofthetext.Andasalways,thankstoMaria.WhatWasAfricanAmericanLiterature?1HistoricizingAfricanAmericanLiteratureHistori

8、callyspeaking,thecollectiveenterprisewenowknowasAfricanAmericanorblackliteratureisofratherrecentvintage.Infact,thewinemaybenewerthangen-erallyacknowledged,whichistosaythatit