SLSL Intro "It Had to Do with Language"

[Dave Monroe]

Do see as well here ...

Berube, Michael.  Marginal Forces/Cultural Centers:
   Tolson, Pynchon, and the Politics of the Canon
   Ithaca, NY: Cornell UP, 1992.

Discusses the strange case of the canonized white male
author who's done about as much as anyone can do to
remain marginal vis a vis the uncanonized black author
who wanted nothing more than canonization ...

--- arthur bryant <bryantarthur at yahoo.com> wrote:
>  
> Liberating and positive. But for black authors, many
> that influenced Pynchon, it wasn't always actually
> OK.
> 
> In the contention over which parts of Afro Americana
> should be emphasized, many, like the poet Langston
> Hughes, wanted to stress more earthy mediums
> like jazz, the blues, and black dialect. In
> opposition, the black bourgeoisie wanted to
> celebrate black culture, but in a genteel manner....



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