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American literature --- Psychological study of literature --- Marshall, Paule --- MARSHALL (PAULE), 1929 --- -FEMMES ET LITTERATURE --- ROMAN PSYCHOLOGIQUE AMERICAIN --- NOIRS AMERICAINS DANS LA LITTERATURE --- NOIRS AMERICAINS --- TOUT ET PARTIES (PHILOSOPHIE) --- PSYCHOLOGIE DANS LA LITTERATURE --- REGION CARAÏBE --- ETATS-UNIS --- 20E SIECLE --- HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE --- PSYCHOLOGIE --- DANS LA LITTERATURE

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In Ten Is the Age of Darkness, Geta LeSeur explores how black authors of the United States and the English-speaking Caribbean have taken a European literary tradition and adapted it to fit their own needs for self-expression. LeSeur begins by defining the European genre of the bildungsroman, then shows how the circumstances of colonialism, oppression, race, class, and gender make the maturing experiences of selected young black protagonists different from those of their white counterparts. Examining the parallels and differences in attitudes toward childhood in the West Indies and the United States, as well as the writers' individual perspectives in each work, LeSeur reaches intriguing conclusions about family life, community participation in the nurturing of children, the timing and severity of the youngsters' confrontation of adult society, and the role played by race in the journey toward adulthood. LeSeur's readings of African American novels provide new insights into the work of Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Paule Marshall, and Richard Wright, among others. When read as examples of the bildungsroman rather than simply as chronicles of black experiences, these works reveal an even deeper significance and have a more powerful impact.

African American children in literature. --- African Americans in literature. --- African Americans --- American fiction --- Bildungsromans, American --- Blacks in literature. --- Children, Black, in literature. --- Maturation (Psychology) in literature. --- Psychological fiction, American --- West Indian fiction (English) --- Intellectual life. --- African American authors --- History and criticism. --- Black authors --- LITTERATURE AFRO-AMERICAINE --- Littérature antillaise de langue anglaise --- ROMAN AMERICAIN --- ROMAN ANTILLAIS DE LANGUE ANGLAISE --- ROMAN PSYCHOLOGIQUE AMERICAIN --- ROMAN D'EDUCATION --- ENFANTS NOIRS AMERICAINS DANS LA LITTERATURE --- NOIRS AMERICAINS --- MATURATION (PSYCHOLOGIE) DANS LA LITTERATURE --- NOIRS AMERICAINS DANS LA LITTERATURE --- ENFANTS NOIRS DANS LA LITTERATURE --- NOIRS DANS LA LITTERATURE --- REGION CARAÏBE --- HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE --- Histoire et critique --- AUTEURS NOIRS --- VIE INTELLECTUELLE --- DANS LA LITTERATURE