| Description |
1 online resource (x, 258 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies
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Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-225) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Duty and daily bread -- Gateways and borders: Black St. Louis in the 1840s and 1850s -- Frontiers and domestic centers: Black Indiana,1857-1862 -- The Black West: northern California and beyond, 1865-1877 -- Beyond Philadelphia: the reach of the Recorder, 1865-1880 -- Epilogue: (Re)locating "Hannah Crafts." |
| Summary |
In January of 1861, on the eve of both the Civil War and the rebirth of the African Methodist Episcopal Church's Christian Recorder, John Mifflin Brown wrote to the paper praising its editor Elisha Weaver: "It takes our Western boys to lead off. I am. proud of your paper.". Weaver's story, though, like many of the contributions of early black literature outside of the urban Northeast, has almost vanished. Unexpected Places: Relocating Nineteenth-Century African American Literature recovers the work of early African American authors and editors such as Weaver who have been left off m |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
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American literature -- African American authors. |
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American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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American literature. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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African Americans in literature.
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African Americans in literature. |
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Place (Philosophy) in literature.
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West (U.S.) -- In literature.
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Regionalism in literature.
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Place (Philosophy) in literature. |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. |
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Regionalism in literature. |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- African American. |
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Literature. |
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West United States. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gardner, Eric. Unexpected places. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2009 9781604732832 (DLC) 2009009672 (OCoLC)316232737 |
| ISBN |
9781604732849 (electronic book) |
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1604732849 (electronic book) |
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1282485121 |
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9781282485129 |
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9786612485121 |
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6612485124 |
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1604732830 |
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9781604732832 |
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1282485474 |
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9781282485471 |
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