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1. THE CRACKERBOX TRADITION AND THE RACE PROBLEM IN LOWELL'S THE BIGLOW PAPERS AND HUGHES'S SKETCHES OF SIMPLE.

Author

Gomes, Emmanuel

Subjects
AFRICAN American literature, SIMPLE (Fictional character)
Abstract

Examines the relationship between “The Biglow Papers,” by James Russell Lowell and the Simple sketches by Langston Hughes. Role of both works as part of the American literary tradition of the crackerbox philosopher; Ways in which both works deal extensively with the problem or race relations; Journalistic origins of the characters; Treatment of relatives in the works.

Published
1984