A Scholar's Conscience: Selected Writings of J. Saunders Redding

J. Saunders Redding (1906-1988) was often and justifiably called ""the dean of Afro-American scholars."" As professor and man of letters, he wrote about Afro-American literature and culture in vivid and scholarly prose. And of all the writers of his generation, he best represented, and came close to explaining, the hopes and conflicts of American democracy in a multiracial society. Yet his perceptions and writings were never limited to race, nationality, academia, or one literary genre. In this fi

Author: J. Saunders Redding
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 02/26/1992
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.95h x 6.04w x 0.62d
ISBN: 9780813108063

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 02/01/1992

About the Author

Faith Berry is the author of Langston Hughes: Before and Beyond Harlem and editor of Good Morning Revolution: Uncollected Social Protest Writings of Langston Hughes.

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