Description |
xiii, 172 pages ; 21 cm. |
Series |
Selected papers from the English Institute, 1987 ; new ser., no. 13
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Selected papers from the English Institute ; new ser., no. 13.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies. |
Contents |
Founding fathers -Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington / James Olney -- Changing the letter: the yokes, the jokes of discourse, or, Mrs. Stowe, Mr. Reed / Hortense J. Spillers -- Representation of slavery and the rise of Afro-American literary realism, 1865-1920 / William L. Andrews -- Lydia Marie Child's A romance for the republic: an abolitionist vision of America's racial destiny / Carolyn L. Karcher -- Slavery and the literary imagination: Du Bois's The souls of Black folks / Arnold Rampersad -- Ideologies of Black folk: the historical novel of slavery / Hazel V. Carby -- Negotiating between tenses: witnessing slavery after freedom -Dessa Rose / Deborah E. McDowell. |
Form |
Also issued online. |
Subject |
American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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American literature. |
Chronological Term |
19th century |
Subject |
Slavery in literature.
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Slavery in literature. |
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American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
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American literature -- African American authors. |
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American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Chronological Term |
20th century |
Subject |
African Americans -- Intellectual life.
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African Americans -- Intellectual life. |
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African Americans in literature.
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African Americans in literature. |
Indexed Term |
English literature American black writers, to 1980 - Critical studies |
Added Author |
McDowell, Deborah E., 1951-
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Rampersad, Arnold.
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Other Form: |
Online version: Slavery and the literary imagination. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1989 (OCoLC)568764992 |
ISBN |
0801837561 alkaline paper |
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9780801837562 alkaline paper |
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