The wayward preacher in the literature of African American women / by James Robert Saunders.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full Text (via Internet Archive)
Main Author:	Saunders, James Robert, 1953-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, ©1995.
Subjects:	American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism. Clergy in literature. Women and literature > United States > History > 20th century. American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism. American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism. African American women > Intellectual life. African American clergy in literature. African Americans in literature. American fiction. American fiction > African American authors. American fiction > Women authors. Women and literature. United States. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.

Table of Contents:

The attractive trap : Helga Crane's journey to Pleasant Green (Nella Larsen's Quicksand)
John Pearson's malady : an incurable weakness for women (Zora Neale Hurston's Jonah's gourd vine)
Father Peace : obstructing the quest for a self (Paule Marshall's Brown girl, brownstones)
From the hypocrisy of the Reverend Woods to Mama Day's faith of the spirit (Gloria Naylor's The women of Brewster Place)
A missing brother : the ultimate inadequacy of the Reverend Jasper (Terry McMillan's Mama)

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