Forgotten readers : recovering the lost history of African-American literary societies / Elizabeth McHenry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McHenry, Elizabeth, 1965-

Contributor:

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

New Americanists

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--African American authors--Appreciation--United States.

American literature.

American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.

American literature--African American authors.

American literature--19th century--History and criticism.

African Americans--Intellectual life--19th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Intellectual life.

African Americans--Books and reading.

African Americans in literature.

Literature--Societies, etc.

Literature.

United States.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xiv pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 423 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2002.

Contents:

Introduction: In Search of Black Readers

"Dreaded Eloquence": The Origins and Rise of African American Literary Societies

Spreading the Word: The Cultural Work of the Black Press

Literary Coalitions in the Age of Washington

Reading, Writing, and Reform in the Woman's Era

Georgia Douglas Johnson and the Saturday Nighters

Epilogue: Building Community in Contemporary Reading Groups.

Notes:

"A John Hope Franklin Center Book"--Half-title page.

"Designed by C. H. Westmoreland."

"Typeset in Adobe Garamond with Weiss italic display by Keystone Typesetting, Inc."

Includes bibliographical references (pages [387]-400) and index.

Hurston/Wright Legacy Award - Nonfiction, Winner, 2003

Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Awards - Nonfiction , Winner, 2003

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

ISBN:

0822329808

0822329956

OCLC:

49415928