Toward "a more complete . . . corpus": Recovering Two Lost Pieces by Marita Bonner

IF 0.3 3区文学 0 LITERATURE, AMERICAN

AFRICAN AMERICAN REVIEW Pub Date : 2024-02-28 DOI:10.1353/afa.2023.a920495

M. Genevieve West

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This “Forgotten Manuscripts” includes two pieces—one entirely undocumented—that were not included in Marita Bonner’s Frye Street and Environs (1987). The first is a modernist essay, “—And I Passed By,” which appeared under a pseudonym in the landmark volume Ebony and Topaz (1927). The second is an undocumented short story, “A Crown of Paste,” which appeared in the Pittsburgh Courier near the end of Bonner’s career. Both texts return to the issues of religion and faith that weave throughout the body of Bonner’s creative endeavors. I situate “—And I Passed By” biographically and theologically within the Social Gospel. “A Crown of Paste” continues Bonner’s treatments of religion more than twelve years later in a spare, realistic mode, illustrating the perils of the Great Migration as well as the failures of the storefront church and government relief efforts to alleviate suffering. The quality of Bonner’s work rivals that of her better-known contemporaries. These two pieces serve as markers of an accomplished career and a beautiful body of work that deserves additional scholarly and popular attention.

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建立 "更完整的......语料库.语料库"：玛瑞塔-邦纳的《找回两件遗失的作品

摘要:这本 "被遗忘的手稿 "包括两篇作品，其中一篇完全没有记录，没有收录在玛丽塔-邦纳的《弗莱街和周围地区》（1987 年）中。第一篇是现代主义散文"--我路过"，以笔名发表在具有里程碑意义的《乌木与黄玉》（1927 年）一书中。第二篇是短篇小说 "A Crown of Paste"，没有记录，发表在邦纳职业生涯末期的《匹兹堡信使报》上。这两篇文章都回到了宗教和信仰问题上，而宗教和信仰问题贯穿了邦纳的全部创作。我从《社会福音》的传记和神学角度对《我从身边经过》进行了定位。"12 年多后，《一顶浆糊王冠》以闲适、写实的方式延续了邦纳对宗教的论述，描绘了大迁徙的危险以及店面教堂和政府救济工作在减轻苦难方面的失败。邦纳的作品质量可与同时代的著名画家媲美。这两幅作品是邦纳成就斐然的职业生涯和精美作品的标志，值得更多学者和大众关注。

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期刊介绍： As the official publication of the Division on Black American Literature and Culture of the Modern Language Association, the quarterly journal African American Review promotes a lively exchange among writers and scholars in the arts, humanities, and social sciences who hold diverse perspectives on African American literature and culture. Between 1967 and 1976, the journal appeared under the title Negro American Literature Forum and for the next fifteen years was titled Black American Literature Forum. In 1992, African American Review changed its name for a third time and expanded its mission to include the study of a broader array of cultural formations.