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Forgotten readers : recovering the lost history of African American literary societies / Elizabeth McHenry.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McHenry, Elizabeth, 1965-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- New Americanists.
- 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--19th century--History and criticism.
- African Americans--Intellectual life--19th century.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Books and reading.
- African Americans in literature.
- Literature--Societies, etc.
- Literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (441 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Recovers the history of nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century African American reading societies.
- Contents:
- "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 women's era
- Georgia Douglas Johnson and the Saturday nighters.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-400) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612920400
- 9781282920408
- 1282920405
- 9780822384144
- 0822384140
- OCLC:
- 850216745
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