Bibliograph

F.B. Eyes, How J. Edgar Hoover's Ghostreaders Framed African American Literature, William J. Maxwell

Type

Label

F.B. Eyes, How J. Edgar Hoover's Ghostreaders Framed African American Literature, William J. Maxwell

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

F.B. Eyes

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

896700412

Responsibility statement

William J. Maxwell

Series statement

ACLS Humanities E-Book

Sub title

How J. Edgar Hoover's Ghostreaders Framed African American Literature

Table Of Contents

The Birth of the Bureau, Coupled with the Birth of J. Edgar Hoover, Ensured the FBI's Attention to African American Literature -- The FBI's Aggressive Filing and Long Study of African American Writers Was Tightly Bound to the Agency's Successful Evolution under Hoover -- The FBI Is Perhaps the Most Dedicated and Influential Forgotten Critic of African American Literature -- The FBI Helped to Define the Twentieth-Century Black Atlantic, Both Blocking and Forcing Its Flows -- Consciousness of FBI Ghostreading Fills a Deep and Characteristic Vein of African American Literature

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