Slavery and the Literary Imagination

(Part of the Selected Papers from the English Institute Series)

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Seven noted scholars examine slave narratives and the topic of slavery in American literature, from Frederick Douglass's Narrative (1845)--treated in chapted by Jamkes Olney and William L. Andrews--to Sherley Anne Williams's Dessa Rose (1984). Among the contributors, Arnold Rampersad reads W.E.B. DuBois's classic work The Souls of Black Folk (1903) as a response to Booker T. Washington's Up from Salvery (1901). Hazel...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0801839483

ISBN13:9780801839481

Release Date:August 1989

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Length:192 Pages

Weight:0.50 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology

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