Workings of the Spirit: The Poetics of Afro-American Women's Writing

Turning on inspired interpretations of Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Morrison, and Ntozake Shange, Workings of the Spirit weighs current critical approaches to black women's writing against Baker's own explanation of the founding, theoretical state of Afro-American intellectual history.

"Brilliant, and tenderly riveted to gratitude as an indispensable facet of analysis, Houston Baker arrives, yet again, bearing the loveliest flowers of his devotion and delight: thank God he's here!"-June Jordan

Author: Houston A. Jr. Baker
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 02/01/1993
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d
ISBN13: 9780226035239
ISBN10: 0226035239
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | American | General
- Social Science | Women's Studies

About the Author
Houston A. Baker, Jr., is professor of English and the Albert M. Greenfield Professor of Human Relations at the University of Pennsylvania, where he also directs the Center for the Study of Black Literature and Culture.