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African American Literature in Transition, 1750-1800: Volume 1
Hardback
Main Details
Title |
African American Literature in Transition, 1750-1800: Volume 1
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Authors and Contributors |
Edited by Rhondda Robinson Thomas
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Series | African American Literature in Transition |
Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:400 | Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 154 |
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Category/Genre | Literary studies - general Literary studies - c 1500 to c 1800 |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781108495073
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Classifications | Dewey:810.989607309033 |
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Audience | Tertiary Education (US: College) | |
Illustrations |
Worked examples or Exercises
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date |
7 April 2022 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
This volume provides an illuminating exploration of the development of early African American literature from an African diasporic perspective-in Africa, England, and the Americas. It juxtaposes analyses of writings by familiar authors like Phillis Wheatley and Olaudah Equiano with those of lesser known or examined works by writers such as David Margrett and Isabel de Olvera to explore how issues including forced migration, enslavement, authorship, and racial identity influenced early Black literary production and how theoretical frameworks like Afrofuturism and intersectionality can enrich our understanding of texts produced in this period. Chapters grouped in four sections - Limits and Liberties of Early Black Print Culture, Black Writing and Revolution, Early African American Life in Literature, and Evolutions of Early Black Literature - examine how transitions coupled with conceptions of race, the impacts of revolution, and the effects of religion shaped the trajectory of authors' lives and the production of their literature.
Author Biography
Rhondda Robinson Thomas is the Calhoun Lemon Professor of Literature at Clemson University specializing in early African American literature. She is the author of Claiming Exodus: A Cultural History of Afro-Atlantic Identity, 1770-1903 (2013). Her essays have appeared in African American Review, American Literary History, and the Oxford Handbook of the African American Slave Narrative. She is a member of the Society of Early Americanists.
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