{"product_id":"perspectives-on-percival-everett-paperback","title":"Perspectives on Percival Everett - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKeith B. Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRobin G. Vander\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEssays by Uzzie Cannon, Jonathan Dittman, Ronald Dorris, Frédérick Dumas, Sarah Mantilla, Richard Schur, Anthony Stewart, Robin G. Vander, and Sarah Wyman Percival Everett (b. 1956) writes novels, short stories, poetry, and essays, and is one of the most prolific, acclaimed, yet underexamined African American writers working today. Although to date Everett has published eighteen novels, three collections of short fiction, three poetry collections, and one children's book, his work has not garnered the critical attention that it deserves. Perhaps one of the most vexing problems scholars have had in trying to situate Everett's work is that they have found it difficult to place him and his work within a prescribed African American literary tradition. Because he happens to be African American, critics have expectations of so-called authentic African American fiction; however, his work often thwarts these expectations. In Perspectives on Percival Everett, scholars engage all of his creative production. On the one hand, Everett is an African American novelist. On the other hand, he pursues subject matters that seemingly have little to do with African American culture. The operative word here is \"seemingly\"; for as these essays demonstrate, Everett's works fall well within as well as outside of what most critics would deem the African American literary tradition. These essays examine issues of identity, authenticity, and semiotics, in addition to postmodernism and African American and American literary traditions--issues essential to understanding his aesthetic and political concerns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKeith B. Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of English at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. \u003cb\u003eRobin G. Vander\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor in the Department of English at Xavier University. She is coeditor of \u003ci\u003ePercival Everett: Writing Other\/Wise\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also coeditor of two issues of the \u003ci\u003eXavier Review\u003c\/i\u003e: \"Celebrating Jesmyn Ward: Critical Readings and Scholarly Responses\" and \"Reading the Intersections of Sex and Spirit in the Creative Arts.\" Her article \"The African American Population in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina\" appears in \u003ci\u003eThe Review of Black Political Economy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 12, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50374243188973,"sku":"9781628460599","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/yw8QEpeojP9781628460599.webp?v=1785541564","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/perspectives-on-percival-everett-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}