African American Literature in Transition, 1865–1880: Volume 5, 1865–1880

African American Literature in Transition, 1865–1880: Volume 5, 1865–1880
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 568
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ISBN-10 : 9781108671521
ISBN-13 : 1108671527
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Book Synopsis African American Literature in Transition, 1865–1880: Volume 5, 1865–1880 by : Eric Gardner

Download or read book African American Literature in Transition, 1865–1880: Volume 5, 1865–1880 written by Eric Gardner and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-13 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers the most nuanced treatment available of Black engagement with print in the transitional years after the Civil War. It locates and studies materials that many literary historians leave out of narratives of American culture. But as important as such recovery work is, African American Literature in Transition, 1865–1880 also emphasizes innovative approaches, recognizing that such recovery inherently challenges methods dominant in American literary study. At the book's core is the recognition that many period texts - by writers from Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and William Wells Brown to Mattie Jackson and William Steward - are not only aesthetically striking but also central to understanding key socio-historical and cultural trends in the nineteenth century. Chapters by leading scholars are grouped in three sections - 'Citizenships, Textualities, and Domesticities', 'Persons and Bodies', and 'Memories, Materialities, and Locations' - and focus on debates over race, nation, personhood, and print that were central to Reconstruction.


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