Richard Yarborough
Encyclopedia
Richard Yarborough is Professor of English and African American literature
and a Faculty Research Associate with the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles
. He is also an editor of The Heath Anthology Of American Literature.
in 1973 and his Ph.D. from Stanford University
in 1980. He joined the English department at UCLA in 1979.
Norton:
Reprint Series
Articles
African American literature
African-American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent. The genre traces its origins to the works of such late 18th century writers as Phillis Wheatley and Olaudah Equiano, reaching early high points with slave narratives and the Harlem...
and a Faculty Research Associate with the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
. He is also an editor of The Heath Anthology Of American Literature.
Background
Yarborough received his B.A. in English from Michigan State UniversityMichigan State University
Michigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...
in 1973 and his Ph.D. from Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
in 1980. He joined the English department at UCLA in 1979.
Books
Heath:- Associate General Editor, with Paul Lauter (General Editor), Jackson Bryer, King-Kok Cheung, Anne Goodwyn Jones, Wendy Martin, Charles Molesworth, Raymund Paredes, Ivy Schweitzer, Linda Wagner-Martin, Andrew O. Wiget, and Sandy Zagarell. The Heath Anthology of American Literature. 5th ed., rev. Boston, Mass.: Houghton MifflinHoughton MifflinHoughton Mifflin Harcourt is an educational and trade publisher in the United States. Headquartered in Boston's Back Bay, it publishes textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, reference works, and fiction and non-fiction for both young readers and adults.-History:The company was...
, 2006. - Associate General Editor, with Paul Lauter (General Editor), Juan Bruce-Novoa, Jackson Bryer, Elaine Hedges, Anne Goodwyn Jones, Amy Ling, Wendy Martin, Charles Molesworth, Carla Mulford, Raymund Paredes, Linda Wagner-Martin, and Andrew Wiget. The Heath Anthology of American Literature. 3rd ed., rev. 2 vols. Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 1998.
- Associate General Editor, with Paul Lauter (General Editor), Juan Bruce-Novoa, Jackson Bryer, Elaine Hedges, Anne Goodwyn Jones, Amy Ling, Daniel Littlefield, Jr., Wendy Martin, Charles Molesworth, Carla Mulford, Raymund Paredes, Linda Wagner-Martin, and Andrew Wiget. The Heath Anthology of American Literature. 2nd ed., rev. 2 vols. Lexington, Mass.: D. C. Heath, 1994.
- Coeditor, with Paul Lauter (General Editor), Juan Bruce-Novoa, Jackson Bryer, Elaine Hedges, Amy Ling, Daniel Littlefield, Wendy Martin, Charles Molesworth, Carla Mulford, Raymund Paredes, Hortense Spillers, Linda Wagner-Martin, and Andrew Wiget. The Heath Anthology of American Literature. 2 vols. Lexington, Mass.: D. C. Heath, 1990.
Norton:
- Coeditor, with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, Jr., is an American literary critic, educator, scholar, writer, editor, and public intellectual. He was the first African American to receive the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship. He has received numerous honorary degrees and awards for his teaching, research, and...
and Nellie Y. McKayNellie Y. McKayNellie Yvonne McKay was an American academic and author who was the Evjue-Bascom Professor of American and African-American Literature at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she also taught in English and women's studies, and is best known as the co-editor of the Norton Anthology of...
(General Editors), William L. Andrews, Houston A. Baker, Jr.Houston A. Baker, Jr.Houston Alfred Baker Jr. is an American scholar specializing in African American literature and currently serving as a Distinguished University Professor at Vanderbilt University in the English department....
, Barbara T. Christian, Frances Smith Foster, Deborah E. McDowellDeborah E. McDowellDeborah E. McDowell is an American author and professor, the Alice Griffin professor of literary studies, and the director of the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies, at the University of Virginia.-Early life:...
, Robert G. O'Meally, Arnold RampersadArnold RampersadArnold Rampersad is a biographer and literary critic. The first volume of his Life Of Langston Hughes was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. He was born in Trinidad and Tobago....
, and Hortense Spillers. The Norton Anthology of African American Literature. New York: W. W. Norton, 1997.
Reprint Series
- General Editor, The Library of Black Literature reprint series, University Press of New EnglandUniversity Press of New EnglandThe University Press of New England , located in Lebanon, New Hampshire and founded in 1970, is a university press consortium including Brandeis University, Dartmouth College , the University of New Hampshire, and Northeastern University...
(formerly published by Northeastern University Press), 1988-2008. Given the 2002 African American History Award by the Boston Museum of Afro-American History.
Essays
Introductions- Uncle Tom's ChildrenUncle Tom's ChildrenUncle Tom's Children is a collection of short stories by African American author Richard Wright, also the author of Black Boy, Native Son, and The Outsider. Uncle Tom's Children includes four short stories and was successful when it was first published in 1938...
by Richard WrightRichard Wright (author)Richard Nathaniel Wright was an African-American author of sometimes controversial novels, short stories, poems, and non-fiction. Much of his literature concerns racial themes, especially those involving the plight of African-Americans during the late 19th to mid 20th centuries...
. Harper PerennialHarper PerennialHarper Perennial is a paperback imprint of the publishing house HarperCollins Publishers. Harper Perennial has divisions located in New York, London, Toronto, and Sydney. The imprint is descended from the Perennial Library imprint founded by Harper & Row in 1964...
Modern Classics, 2008. - Sons Of Darkness, Sons Of Light: A Novel of Some Probability by John A. WilliamsJohn A. Williams (author)John Alfred Williams is an African American author, journalist and academic.Williams was born in Jackson, Mississippi, and, after naval service in World War II, graduated in 1950 from Syracuse University. His novels, which include The Angry Ones and The Man Who Cried I Am are mainly about the...
. Northeastern; New Ed edition, 1999. - Contending Forces: A Romance Illustrative of Negro Life North and South by Pauline HopkinsPauline HopkinsPauline Elizabeth Hopkins was a prominent African-American novelist, journalist, playwright, historian, and editor. She is considered a pioneer in her use of the romantic novel to explore social and racial themes. Her work reflects the influence of W. E. B...
. New York: Oxford University Press, 1988.
Articles
- "Race, Violence, and Manhood: The Masculine Ideal in Frederick DouglassFrederick DouglassFrederick Douglass was an American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman. After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining note for his dazzling oratory and incisive antislavery writing...
's 'The Heroic Slave'" In Haunted Bodies: Gender and Southern Texts. Anne Jones and Susan Donaldson, eds. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia PressUniversity of Virginia PressThe University of Virginia Press , founded in 1963, is a university press that is part of the University of Virginia.-External links:*...
, 1997:159-84 - "Strategies of Black Characterization in Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Early Afro-American Novel." In Literary Influence and African-American Writers. Tracy Mishkin (ed.). New York: Garland, 1996: 23-64.
- "Black Authors, White Readers: Early Afro-American Fiction Writers and the Problem of Audience." In Lire en Amérique. Paris, France: Institut d'Etudes Anglophones, Université Paris VII-Denis Diderot, 1993: 33-46.
- "Race, Violence, and Manhood: The Masculine Ideal in Frederick Douglass's 'The Heroic Slave.'" In Frederick Douglass: New Literary and Historical Essays. Sundquist, Eric J. (ed.). Cambridge:Cambridge University PressCambridge University PressCambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII in 1534, it is the world's oldest publishing house, and the second largest university press in the world...
, 1991: 166-88. - " The First Person in Afro-American Fiction." In Afro-American Literary Study in the 1990s. Houston A. Baker Jr. and Patricia Redmond (eds.) Chicago: University of Chicago PressUniversity of Chicago PressThe University of Chicago Press is the largest university press in the United States. It is operated by the University of Chicago and publishes a wide variety of academic titles, including The Chicago Manual of Style, dozens of academic journals, including Critical Inquiry, and a wide array of...
, 1989:105-134. - "The Crisis in Afro-American Letters." College English, vol. 43, no. 8, pp. 773–78, December 1981
- "The Quest for the American Dream in Three Afro-American Novels: If He Hollers Let Him Go, The Street, and Invisible Man." MELUS, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 33–59, January 1981.
Awards
- Faculty Appreciation Award, UCLA Academic Advancement Program (2008)
- County of Los Angeles Commendation (2001)
- UCLA Outstanding Faculty Member by the African Student Union (1997)
- Award of Excellence, BEEM Foundation for the Advancement of Music (1991)
- Commendation from the City of Los Angeles (1990)
- UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award (1987)
- Certificate of Recognition, UCLA Black Student Alliance (1984)