The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (Wa...

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Recalling the great confessional narratives from St. Augustine to Jean Jacques Rousseau, from Benjamin Franklin and Frederick Douglass to Henry Adams, James Weldon Johnson relates the emotionally gripping tale of a mixed-race piano prodigy who can pass for white in turn-of-the-century America. Forced into impossible choices created by an unjust society, the narrator describes his experiences as he travels from Jacksonville to New York City, the rural South to Paris, London, and beyond. The earliest first-person novel published by an African American author, Johnson's powerfully unsentimental story examines the significance of chance and choice, the particularly American investment in self-invention, and the role of identity in shaping our lives. Its influence extends to Richard Wright, Ralph Waldo Ellison's Invisible Man and even Barack Obama's Dreams from my Father. Includes several of Johnson's influential and still timely New York Age editorials and a detailed biographical timeline.

Über den Autor

James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) was an American novelist, poet, songwriter, lawyer, diplomat, educator, and civil-rights leader. Born in Jacksonville, Florida, he became a school principal, was admitted to the Florida bar, served in the United States diplomatic corps, and later became a leading official of the NAACP. He was also a major intellectual influence on the Harlem Renaissance.Johnson's works include The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, God's Trombones, Black Manhattan, and the influential anthology The Book of American Negro Poetry. With his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson, he wrote "Lift Every Voice and Sing," which became closely associated with the struggle for Black freedom and equality.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2020
Genre:	Importe
Rubrik:	Belletristik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781735121215
ISBN-10:	1735121215
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Johnson, James Weldon
Hersteller:	Warbler Classics
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	203 x 133 x 10 mm
Von/Mit:	James Weldon Johnson
Erscheinungsdatum:	25.05.2020
Gewicht:	0,221 kg