Reimagining the “Pythian Madness” of Souls

This essay offers a close reading of the tenth chapter of W. E. B. Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk, which is often referenced but rarely unpacked for its careful examination of the relationship between religion and African American modernity. I argue that Du Bois's encounter with the rhy...

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