African American Literature in Transition, 1750-1800

Herausgeber: Thomas, Rhondda Robinson

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 729g
• ISBN-13: 9781108495073
• ISBN-10: 1108495079
• Artikelnr.: 62579680

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Impatient of oppression in early African American writing in
transition Rhondda Robinson Thomas; Part I. Limits and Liberties of Early
Black Print Culture: 1. Early black evangelical writing and the radical
limitations of print Joseph Rezek; 2. The circulation of early black
Atlantic literature Eric D. Lamore; 3. What makes a text 'Black'? from
authorship to metadata Jordan Alexander Stein; Part II. Black Writing and
Revolution: 4. African Americans writing themselves into history during the
age of revolution Daniel C. Littlefield; 5. African American writing in the
era of independence Thomas J. Davis; 6. Black literary engagement with the
Haitian revolution Ronald Angelo Johnson; Part III. Early African American
Life in Literature: 7. Reading and building a Nation; or everyday living
(while Black) in early America Tara Bynum; 8. Respectability politics and
early African American literature Cassander L. Smith; 9. Early black
futures Brigitte Fielder; Part IV. Evolutions of Early Black Literature:
10. Black authors and British National identity, 1763-1791 Ryan Hanley; 11.
The competing demands of early African American literature, 1783-1798 Katy
L. Chiles; 12. Black letters close the eighteenth century John Saillant;
Bibliography.