The origins of African American literature, 1680-1865 / Dickson D. Bruce, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bruce, Dickson D., 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

American literature.

American literature--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--History and criticism.

American literature--Revolutionary period, 1775-1783--History and criticism.

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

American literature--1783-1850--History and criticism.

African Americans--Intellectual life--17th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Intellectual life--18th century.

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

Enslaved persons' writings, American--History and criticism.

Enslaved persons' writings, American.

African Americans in literature.

Slavery in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Origins of African American Literature is an invaluable revelation of the emergence and sources of the specifically African American literary tradition and the forces that helped shape it.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Background to an African American Literature, 1680-1760

Chapter 2: The Age of Revolution, 1760-1800

Chapter 3: Literary Identity in the New Nation, 1800-1816

Chapter 4: The Era of Colonization, 1816-1828

Chapter 5: The Liberator and the Shaping of African American Tradition, 1829-1832

Chapter 6: Literary Expression in the Age of Abolitionism, 1833-1849

Chapter 7: African American Voices in the American Crisis, 1850-1861

Chapter 8: The War for Emancipation and Beyond

Notes

Works Cited

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-360) and index.

ISBN:

9786613585875

9781280490644

1280490640

9780813921938

0813921937

OCLC:

65633912