| Black April Contributor(s): Peterkin, Julia (Author), Williams, Susan Millar (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0820319538 ISBN-13: 9780820319537 Publisher: University of Georgia Press OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 1998 Annotation: Plowing, hog-killing, revival meetings, and conjure bags - evidence of a world dominated by hard work, religion, and magic - drive the plot of Julia Peterkin's powerful first novel, Black April, first published in 1927. In this book, the classic theme of a proud man confronting his own mortality and the tragic consequences of human desire are played out against the rituals of black country life. "The figure of Black April, the foreman of Blue Brook Plantation, who gives the book its title, is of the heroic, almost grandiose, mold of the legendary protagonists of fiction", the New York Times wrote in an early review. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 97030012 |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 5.03" W x 7.68" (0.70 lbs) 328 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - South Carolina |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Julia Peterkin pioneered in demonstrating the literary potential for serious depictions of the African American experience. Rejecting the prevailing sentimental stereotypes of her times, she portrayed her black characters with sympathy and understanding, endowing them with the full dimensions of human consciousness. In these novels and stories, she tapped the richness of rural southern black culture and oral traditions to capture the conflicting realities in an African American community and to reveal a grace and courage worthy of black pride. |
Contributor Bio(s): Peterkin, Julia: - JULIA PETERKIN (1880-1961) was the author of three novels, a collection of short stories, and, with photographer Doris Ulmann, a nonfiction collection of essays entitled Roll, Jordan, Roll. She was the first South Carolinian to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize. |