| Description |
xiii, 200 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-198) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : "the middle passage never guessed its end" : New World slavery in contemporary literature -- Beloved : ideologies in conflict, improvised subjects -- Being, race, and gender : Black masculinity and western philosophy in Charles Johnson's works on slavery -- The chosen place, the timeless people : late capitalism in the Black Atlantic -- Performance, identity, and mulatto aesthetics in Derek Walcott's Dream on Monkey Mountain -- The geography of the Apocalypse : incest, mythology, and the fall of Washington city in Carolivia Herron's Thereafter Johnnie -- Conclusion : one lives by memory, not by truth. |
| Subject |
American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Slavery in literature.
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Slavery in literature. |
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Caribbean literature (English) |
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Caribbean literature (English) -- History and criticism.
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Walcott, Derek. Dream on Monkey Mountain.
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Identity (Psychology) in literature.
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Identity (Psychology) in literature. |
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African Americans in literature.
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African Americans in literature. |
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Slave trade in literature.
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Slave trade in literature. |
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Black people in literature.
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Black people in literature. |
| ISBN |
0801489040 paperback alkaline paper |
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0801440955 cloth alkaline paper |
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