Bone, Robert.

Down home : origins of the Afro-American short story / Robert Bone. - Morningside ed. - New York : Columbia University Press, 1988, c1975. - xxviii, 328 p. ; 22 cm.

Reprint, with new pref. Originally published: New York : Putnam, 197 5. Originally published in series: New perspectives on Black America. Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 309-314.

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Short stories, American--African American authors--History and c riticism.
Pastoral fiction, American--History and criticism.
African Americans--Intellectual life.
African Americans in literature.
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Southern States--In literature.