Cross-cultural visions in African American literature

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Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke

2011

214 Pages

ISBN 978-1-349-29524-1

Cross-cultural visions in African American literature

West meets East

Edited by

Yoshinobu Hakutani

The most influential East-West artistic, cultural, and literary exchange that has taken place in modern and postmodern times was the reading and writing of haiku. Here, esteemed contributors investigate the impact of Eastern philosophy and religion on African American writers such as Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, and Toni Morrison, offering a fresh field of literary inquiry.

Publication details

DOI: 10.1057/9780230119123

Full citation:

Hakutani, Y. (ed) (2011). Cross-cultural visions in African American literature: West meets East, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke.

Table of Contents

Richard Wright's haiku, zen, and the African "primal outlook upon life"

Hakutani Yoshinobu

3-21