Synopses & Reviews
W.E.B. Du Bois, one of the most celebrated intellectuals of the twentieth century, published andlt;Iandgt;Darkwaterandlt;/Iandgt; -- a powerful collection of essays, verse and fiction -- in 1920, two decades after his most famous book, andlt;Iandgt;The Souls of Black Folk.andlt;/Iandgt; Throughout his long life and extraordinary career as a scholar, activist, writer and educator, Du Bois's body of work illumined America's understanding of the "problem of the color line." While much of his early texts were sociological investigations of the Black community, the author increasingly incorporated autobiographical, poetic and spiritual elements into his works. The results are some of the most electrifying commentaries ever written on race and class in America. andlt;BRandgt; After decades of obscurity, this literary jewel is presented with a new introduction written by David Levering Lewis, author of andlt;Iandgt;W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868-1919andlt;/Iandgt; and andlt;Iandgt;W.E.B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century, 1919-1963;andlt;/Iandgt; Lewis is the foremost scholar of the work of Du Bois. andlt;BRandgt; andlt;Bandgt;"If andlt;Iandgt;The Souls of Black Folkandlt;/Iandgt; achieved its singular impact through W.E.B. Du Bois's masterly interweaving of the personal and the universal in such a way that each appropriated something of the illustrative and symbolic value of the other, much of andlt;Iandgt;Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veilandlt;/Iandgt; was a cri de coeur in which the author's anger at the absurdities of racial prejudice crackled through the text like electric jolts that scorched, illumined, or stunned." andlt;BRandgt; -- David Levering Lewis, from the Introductionandlt;/Bandgt;
Table of Contents
andlt;Bandgt;CONTENTSandlt;/Bandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Postscriptandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Credoandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;I: THE SHADOW OF YEARSandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Iandgt;A Litany at Atlantaandlt;/Iandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;II: THE SOULS OF WHITE FOLKandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Iandgt;The Riddle of the Sphinxandlt;/Iandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;III: THE HANDS OF ETHIOPIAandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Iandgt;The Princess of the Hither Islesandlt;/Iandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;IV: OF WORK AND WEALTHandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Iandgt;The Second Comingandlt;/Iandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;V: "THE SERVANT IN THE HOUSE"andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Iandgt;Jesus Christ in Texasandlt;/Iandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;VI: OF THE RULING OF MENandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Iandgt;The Callandlt;/Iandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;VII: THE DAMNATION OF WOMENandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Iandgt;Children of the Moonandlt;/Iandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;VIII: THE IMMORTAL CHILDandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Iandgt;Almighty Deathandlt;/Iandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;IX: OF BEAUTY AND DEATHandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Iandgt;The Prayers of Godandlt;/Iandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;X: THE COMETandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Iandgt;A Hymn to the Peoplesandlt;/Iandgt;