tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post4319894610973044000..comments2024-03-19T18:51:58.496-05:00Comments on Cultural Front: The Norton and the challenge of covering the contemporary period of African American literature H. Rambsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16862209871277442972noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-86357222233126637502014-04-07T13:24:50.066-05:002014-04-07T13:24:50.066-05:00Examine the premises involved with dating, naming,...Examine the premises involved with dating, naming, and determining the contents of a "period." My own premises are grounded in beliefs about the actual and the real. Establishing a period is an attempt to persuade others that point A to point B in duration has special external and internal qualities; it is an attempt to place a grid of reality over a welter of the actual. It is from this position that efforts to construct periods might begin.<br /><br />Jerry W. Ward, Jr.jwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00629967356068612552noreply@blogger.com