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To make Negro literature : writing, literary practice & African American authorship / Elizabeth McHenry.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McHenry, Elizabeth, 1965- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- African Americans--Intellectual life--19th century.
- African Americans.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (313 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham ; London : Duke University Press, [2021]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Elizabeth McHenry locates a hidden chapter in the history of Black literature at the turn of the twentieth century, revising concepts of Black authorship and offering a fresh account of the development of "Negro literature" focused on the never published, the barely read, and the unconventional.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Introduction TO MAKE NEGRO LITERATURE
- Chapter One “THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS BOOK WILL NEVER APPEAR IN SCHOOL HISTORIES”
- Chapter Two THINKING BIBLIOGRAPHICALLY
- Chapter Three WASHINGTON’S GOOD FORTUNE
- Chapter Four THE CASE OF MARY CHURCH TERRELL
- Coda UNDERGROUND RAILROADS OF MEANING
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781478091745
- 1478091746
- OCLC:
- 1261318335
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