Preaching the Lord's Word in a Strange Land: The Influence of The Black Preaching Style on Black American Prose Fiction (Douglass, Toomer, Ellison, Baldwin)

The Black Church is the point of departure for much of Black American Literature. It was inevitable that the God-talk between an oppressed Black community and an Almighty God would soon be elevated to finely wrought art forms. The Black religious service goes beyond mere ceremony in its resplendent domination of Black cultural iconography. Foremost among the oral expressive forms rooted in the Black church stands the Black folk sermon. This regal house of words epitomizes the emotional sovereignty of the Black linguistic universe.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Hubbard, Dolan

• Religion, Biblical Studies
• Literature, American

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8623327

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/69449