TY - BOOK AU - English,Daylanne K. ED - Project Muse. TI - Each Hour Redeem: Time and Justice in African American Literature SN - 9781452939445 AV - PS153.N5 E59 2013 U1 - 810.9/896073 23 PY - 2013///] CY - London PB - University of Minnesota Press KW - Justice in literature KW - Time in literature KW - American literature KW - African American authors KW - History and criticism KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-217) and index; Introduction: Political fictions -- Ticking, not talking: Timekeeping in early African American literature -- "Temporal damage": Pragmatism and Plessy in African American novels, 1896-1902 -- "The death of the last black man": Repetition, lynching, and capital punishment in twentieth-century African American literature -- "Seize the time!" Strategic presentism in the black arts movement -- Being black there: Contemporary African American detective fiction -- Conclusion: Political truths UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781452939445/ ER -