The Souls of Black Folk
Introduction by Arnold Rampersad
$36.92
- Hardcover
272 pages
- Release Date
26 October 1993
Summary
The Souls of Black Folk is both a groundbreaking work of sociology and an influential cornerstone of African-American literature. From the moment it was published in 1903, this unique and stirring blend of history, essay, fiction, and memoir set the terms of the conversation about race in America and established W. E. B. Du Bois’s enduring reputation as poet, prophet, and scholar.
Du Bois famously named “the problem of the color line” that still haunts us today and diagnosed …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780679428022 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 067942802X |
| Author: | W.E.B. Du Bois, Arnold Rampersad |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Everyman's Library USA |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 26 October 1993 |
| Weight: | 391g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 132mm x 211mm |
| Series: | Everyman's Library Classics Series |
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Critics Review
“One hundred years after publication, there is in the entire body of social criticism still no more than a handful of meditations on the promise and failings of democracy in America to rival William Edward Burghardt Du Bois’s extraordinary collection of fourteen essays.” —from the Introduction by David Levering Lewis
W.E.B. Du Bois
W.E.B. Du Bois (1868–1963), writer, civil rights activist, scholar, and editor, is one of the most significant intellectuals in American history. A founding member of the NAACP, editor for many years of The Crisis and three other journals, and author of seventeen books, his writings, speeches, and public debates brought fundamental changes to American race relations.
Arnold Rampersad, the Sarah Hart Kimball Professor Emeritus in the Humanities at Stanford University, has also taught at Princeton, Columbia, and Rutgers Universities. His books include The Life of Langston Hughes (two volumes); biographies of W. E. B. Du Bois, Jackie Robinson, and Ralph Ellison; and, with Arthur Ashe, Days of Grace: A Memoir. Among his numerous awards and honors are a MacArthur Foundation fellowship in 1991 and the National Humanities Medal, presented at the White House in 2011.
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