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American Lazarus: Religion and the Rise of African American and Native American Literatures
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brooks, Joanna, 1971- Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Christianity and literature--United States--History--18th century.
- Christianity and literature.
- American literature--Revolutionary period, 1775-1783--History and criticism.
- Indians of North America--Intellectual life.
- Indians of North America.
- African Americans--Intellectual life.
- African Americans.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 255 p.)
- Other Title:
- American Lazarus
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book explores the means by which the very first Black and Indian authors rose up to transform their communities and the course of American literary history. It argues that the origins of modern African-American and American Indian literatures emerged at the revolutionary crossroads of religion and racial formation.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-028962-7
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