Stay Black and Die: On Melancholy and Genius

by I. Augustus Durham

In Stay Black and Die, I. Augustus Durham examines melancholy and genius in black culture, letters, and media from the nineteenth century to the contemporary moment. Drawing on psychoanalysis, affect theory, and black studies, Durham explores the black mother as both a lost object and a found subject often obscured when constituting a cultural legacy of genius across history. He analyzes the works of Frederick Douglass, Ralph Ellison, Marvin...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478025522
• ISBN13: 9781478025528
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"