African American literature in transition, 1800-1830 / edited by Jasmine Nichole Cobb, Duke University.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cobb, Jasmine Nichole, editor.

Series:

African American literature in transition ; 2.

African American literature in transition ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

American literature.

American literature--African American authors.

African Americans in literature.

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

African Americans.

African Americans--Intellectual life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 348 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

System Details:

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PDF

Summary:

African American literature in the years between 1800 and 1830 emerged from significant transitions in the cultural, technological, and political circulation of ideas. Transformations included increased numbers of Black organizations, shifts in the physical mobility of Black peoples, expanded circulation of abolitionist and Black newsprint as well as greater production of Black authored texts and images. The perpetuation of slavery in the early American republic meant that many people of African descent conveyed experiences of bondage or promoted abolition in complex ways, relying on a diverse array of print and illustrative forms. Accordingly, this volume takes a thematic approach to African American literature from 1800 to 1830, exploring Black organizational life before 1830, movement and mobility in African American literature, and print culture in circulation, illustration, and the narrative form.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Mar 2021).

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781108632003

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