Race

When Tom Gosset''s Race: The History of an Idea in America appeared more than a generation ago it explored the impact of race theory on literature in a way that anticipated the entire current scholarly discourse on the subject. Though it has gone out of print it has never been rendered obsolete. Its reprinting is a boon to younger scholars in particular who are unfamiliar with its rich presentation of fact and its clear efficient analysis from which so much later theorizing has developed. With a new afterword by and about the author and an introduction by series editors Arnold Rampersad and Shelley Fisher Fishkin this edition should find a wide readership among young scholars and students working in African-American literary and cultural studies.