Literary Influence and African-American Writers - 9781138995475

Taylor & Francis

First published in 1996. This volume includes a collection of essays that where collected after the inspiration of finding positive interactions between African-American and Irish Writers during the Harlem Renaissance, a time when these two groups were hardly on good terms. The essays look at theories and realities of literary influence that especially affect African-American writers. > Chapter 1 Theorizing Literary Influence and African-American Writers, Tracy Mishkin; Part 1 The Nineteenth Century; Chapter 2 Strategies of Black Characterization in Uncle Tom\u2019s Cabin and the Early Afro-American Novel, Richard Yarborough; Chapter 3 Break Dancing in the Drawing Room: Mark Twain and African-American Voices, Shelley Fisher Fishkin; Chapter 4 A Trick of Mediation: Charles Chesnutt\u2019s Conflicted Literary Relationship with Albion Tourg\u00E9e, Peter Caccavari; Part 2 African-American and Irish Literature; Chapter 5 \u201CAbout Us, For Us, Near Us\u201D: The Irish and Harlem Ren;