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- African American Literature in Transition, 1930–1940
- African American Literature in Transition
- African American Literature in Transition, 1930–1940
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chronology, 1930–1940
- Introduction
- Part I Productive Precarity and Literary Realism
- Part II New Deal, New Methodologies
- Part III Cultivating (New) Black Readers
- Part IV International, Black, and Radical Visions
- Index
- References
Part I - Productive Precarity and Literary Realism
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Book contents
- African American Literature in Transition, 1930–1940
- African American Literature in Transition
- African American Literature in Transition, 1930–1940
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chronology, 1930–1940
- Introduction
- Part I Productive Precarity and Literary Realism
- Part II New Deal, New Methodologies
- Part III Cultivating (New) Black Readers
- Part IV International, Black, and Radical Visions
- Index
- References
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