Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
J. Mason Brewer, Folklorist and Scholar: His Texas Writings, edited by BRUCE A. GLASRUD and MILTON S. JORDAN, is a collection of the writings of famed African American teacher and scholar, John Mason Brewer. In this collection, Glasrud and Jordan pulled together a wide range of Brewer s publications that were written in and about Texas. These works were published over a lengthy period of time, beginning in the early 1920s and continuing to mid-century. In this stimulating collection of Brewer s writings it can be noted that he was a renaissance scholar and teacher proficient as a folklorist, poet, and historian. Glasrud and Jordan included in J. Mason Brewer a Foreword from Texas Folklore Society director KENNETH UNTIEDT, an Introduction, and a Bibliography. The publications of Brewer found in this book include Glimpses of Life: Poems; The Negro in Texas History; The Life of John Wesley Anderson in Verse; and a folklore collection, John Tales, among other studies."
Synopsis
African American scholar J. Mason Brewer was a true Texas treasure
who holds a preeminent place in the development of folklore studies
in this state. Nonetheless, I have long been amazed that Brewer and
his work are still relatively unknown by many people across Texas, both
on the part of the general public and in academic circles. This volume
provides a powerful and articulate remedy to that situation, highlighting
the importance of his work, the power of his intellect, and the many
contributions he made to understanding the Texas experience.