The Buck, the Black, and the Existential Hero: Refiguring the Black Male Literary Canon, 1850 to Present combines philosophy, Literary theory, and jazz studies with Africana studies to develop a theory of the Black Male Literary imagination.
In doing so, it seeks to answer fundamental aesthetic and Existential questions: How does the experience of being Black and Male in the modern West affect the telling of a narrative, the shape or structure of a novel, the development of characters.
The Buck, the Black, and the Existential Hero: Refiguring the Black Male Literary Canon, 1850 to Present combines philosophy, Literary theory, and jazz studies with Africana studies to develop a theory of the Black Male Literary imagination