Houston A. Baker Jr.

Houston Alfred Baker Jr. (born March 22, 1943) is an American scholar specializing in African-American literature and Distinguished University Professor of English at Vanderbilt University. Baker served as president of the Modern Language Association, editor of the journal ''American Literature'', and has authored several books, including ''The Journey Back: Issues in Black Literature and Criticism'', ''Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance'' (1987), ''Blues, Ideology, and Afro-American Literature'' (1984), and ''Workings of the Spirit: The Poetics of Afro-American Women's Writing'' (1993), as well as editing literary collections. Baker was included in the 2006 textbook ''Fifty Key Literary Theorists'', by Richard J. Lane. Provided by Wikipedia