Continuing conjure: African-based spiritual traditions in colson whitehead’s the underground railroad and jesmyn ward’s sing, unburied, sing
In 2016 and 2017, Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad and Jesmyn Ward’s Sing, Unburied, Sing both won the National Book Award for fiction, the first time that two African-American writers have won the award in consecutive years. This article argues that both novels invoke African-based spiri...
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MDPI AG
2019
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