William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, Dark Princess: A Romance

Rebecka Rutledge Fisher (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Ed. by A Yemisi Jimoh, University of Massachusetts Amherst
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.5: African American Writing and Culture of the United States.
Vol. editors: Sofia Ahlberg (Uppsala University), Philathia Bolton (University of Akron), Patrick Chura (University of Akron), J. Michael Duvall (College of Charleston), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), A Yemisi Jimoh (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Tony Papanikolas (San Jose State University)

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First circulation or publication 1928

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Two years before the publication of his second novel,

Dark Princess: A Romance

(1928)

W.E.B. Du Bois published what is, perhaps, his most important essay on cultural aesthetics. In his signal 1926 essay, “Criteria of Negro Art”, Du Bois argued that art is both a concept and an intellectual activity of major importance that is central to social and political commitments. Linking art, including and especially literature, to various types of social phenomena, and articulating his vision of the role and function of art in social and political life, Du Bois conceived of art as a medium of critical exchange. He saw its expression as representative of a preponderance of ideas and ideals: its charge was to be a heuristic, to lead men and women toward high aspirations and greater knowledge.…

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Citation: Rutledge Fisher, Rebecka. "Dark Princess: A Romance". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 22 January 2012 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=1125, accessed 26 November 2024.]

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