Cosmopolitanism in the Fictive Imagination of W. E. B. Du Bois

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<span><span>This book</span><span></span><span>traces W.E.B. Du Boiss fictionalization of history in his five major works of fiction and in his debut short story</span><span>The Souls of Black Folk</span><span> through a thematic framework of cosmopolitanism. In texts like</span><span>The Negro</span><span> and</span><span>Black Folk: Then and Now</span><span>, Du Bois argues that the human race originated from a single source, a claim authenticated by anthropologists and the Human Genome Project. This book breaks new ground by demonstrating the fashion in which the variants of cosmopolitanism become a profound theme in Du Boiss contribution to fiction. In general, cosmopolitanism claims that people belong to a single community informed by common moral values, function through a shared economic nomenclature, and are part of political systems grounded in mutual respect. This book addresses Du Boiss works as important additions to the academy and makes a significant contribution to literature by first demonstrating the way in which fiction could be utilized in discussing historical accounts in order to reach a global audience. The Coming of John,</span><span>The Quest of the Silver Fleece</span><span>,</span><span>Dark Princess: A Romance</span><span>, and</span><span>The Black Flame,</span><span>an important trilogy published sequentially as</span><span>The Ordeal of Mansart</span><span>,</span><span>Mansart Builds a School</span><span>, and</span><span>Worlds of Color</span><span> are grounded in historical occurrences and administer as social histories providing commentary on Reconstruction, Jim Crow segregation, African American leadership, school desegregation, the Pan-African movement, imperialism, and colonialism in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean.</span></span>

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<span><span>Samuel O. Doku is lecturer in the Department of English at Howard University.</span></span>

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