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James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) exemplified the ideal of the
American public intellectual as a writer, educator, songwriter,
diplomat, key figure of the Harlem Renaissance, and first African
American executive of the NAACP. Originally published anonymously
in 1912, Johnson's novel The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man is
considered one of the foundational works of twentieth-century
African American literature, and its themes and forms have been
taken up by other writers, from Ralph Ellison to Teju Cole.
Johnson's novel provocatively engages with political and cultural
strains still prevalent in American discourse today, and it remains
in print over a century after its initial publication. New
Perspectives contains fresh essays that analyze the book's
reverberations, the contexts within which it was created and
received, the aesthetic and intellectual developments of its
author, and its continuing influence on American literature and
global culture.
James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) exemplified the ideal of the
American public intellectual as a writer, educator, songwriter,
diplomat, key figure of the Harlem Renaissance, and first African
American executive of the NAACP. Originally published anonymously
in 1912, Johnson's novel The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man is
considered one of the foundational works of twentieth-century
African American literature, and its themes and forms have been
taken up by other writers, from Ralph Ellison to Teju Cole.
Johnson's novel provocatively engages with political and cultural
strains still prevalent in American discourse today, and it remains
in print over a century after its initial publication. New
Perspectives contains fresh essays that analyze the book's
reverberations, the contexts within which it was created and
received, the aesthetic and intellectual developments of its
author, and its continuing influence on American literature and
global culture. Contributors: Bruce Barnhart, Lori Brooks, Ben
Glaser, Jeff Karem, Daphne Lamothe, Noelle Morrissette, Michael
Nowlin, Lawrence J. Oliver, Diana Paulin, Amritjit Singh, Robert B.
Stepto.
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