{"product_id":"charles-johnson-marc-c-conner-9781604735062","title":"Charles Johnson: The Novelist as Philosopher","description":"Essays by Herman Beavers, Gena Chandler, Marc C. Conner, William Gleason, William R. Nash, Linda Selzer, Gary Storhoff, and John Whalen-Bridge \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eCharles Johnson: The Novelist as Philosopher\u003c\/i\u003e, leading scholars examine the African American author's literary corpus and major themes, ideas, and influences. The essays explore virtually all of Johnson's writings: each of his novels, his numerous short stories, the range of his nonfiction essays, his many book reviews, and even several unpublished works. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These essays engage Johnson's work from a variety of critical perspectives, revealing the philosophical, cultural, and political implications of his writings. The authors seek especially to understand \"philosophical black fiction\" and to provide the multifocal, \"whole sight\" analysis Johnson's work demands. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Johnson (b. 1948)--author of \u003ci\u003eDreamer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOxherding Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, and the National Book Award-winning \u003ci\u003eMiddle Passage\u003c\/i\u003e--draws upon influences as diverse as Richard Wright, Herman Melville, Thomas Aquinas, Franz Kafka, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. He combines rigorous training in western philosophy with a lifelong practice in eastern religious and philosophical traditions. He has repeatedly told interviewers that he became a writer specifically to strengthen the interplay between philosophy and fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marc C. Conner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1604735066\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781604735062\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d","brand":"Marc C. Conner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46838327836927,"sku":"9781604735062","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_75617b52-eb85-4d25-8552-6c989c6f667c.jpg?v=1746589485","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/charles-johnson-marc-c-conner-9781604735062","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}