Essays by Herman Beavers, Gena Chandler, Marc C. Conner, William
Gleason, William R. Nash, Linda Selzer, Gary Storhoff, and John
Whalen-Bridge
In "Charles Johnson: The Novelist as Philosopher," leading
scholars examine the African American author's literary corpus and
major themes, ideas, and influences. The essays explore virtually
all of Johnson's writings: each of his novels, his numerous short
stories, the range of his nonfiction essays, his many book reviews,
and even several unpublished works.
These essays engage Johnson's work from a variety of critical
perspectives, revealing the philosophical, cultural, and political
implications of his writings. The authors seek especially to
understand "philosophical black fiction" and to provide the
multifocal, "whole sight" analysis Johnson's work demands.
Johnson (b. 1948)--author of "Dreamer," "Oxherding Tale," and
the National Book Award-winning "Middle Passage"--draws upon
influences as diverse as Richard Wright, Herman Melville, Thomas
Aquinas, Franz Kafka, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. He
combines rigorous training in western philosophy with a lifelong
practice in eastern religious and philosophical traditions. He has
repeatedly told interviewers that he became a writer specifically
to strengthen the interplay between philosophy and fiction.
Marc C. Conner is associate professor of English at Washington
and Lee University. William R. Nash is associate professor of
American studies and director of African American studies at
Middlebury College.
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