Understanding Colson Whitehead [electronic resource] / Derek C. Maus.

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"An inviting point of entrance into the truth seeking, genre defying novels of the award-winning author. Although two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Colson Whitehead ardently resists overarching categorizations of his work, Derek C. Maus argues in this volume that Whitehead's books are linked by a caref...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maus, Derek C. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2021]
Edition:Revised and expanded edition.
Series:Understanding contemporary American literature
Subjects:
Whitehead, Colson, > 1969- > Criticism and interpretation.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
Online Access:
Literary Reference eBook Collection: 2021 (EBSCO)
EBSCO eBooks: 2021 (EBSCO)
eBook Public Library Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2021 (EBSCO)
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Understanding Colson Whitehead
  • The intuitionist
  • John Henry days
  • Apex hides the hurt
  • Whitehead's "New York trilogy" : The colossus of New York, Sag Harbor, and Zone one
  • The Underground Railroad and The Nickel boys.