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Criminal Genius in African American and US Literature, 1793-1845 / Erin Forbes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Forbes, Erin, 1980- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--1783-1850--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
- Criminals in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- "An investigation on how the development of conceptions of genius relate to struggles over enslavement and carceral practices"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction : "nourished in vice"
- Zombies of civic virtue
- The convict's corpus
- Outlaw humanism
- The Southampton insurgency
- Fugitive aesthetics
- Conclusion : new forms of crime.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Forbes, Erin Criminal Genius in African American and US Literature, 1793-1845
- ISBN:
- 9781421443775
- 1421443775
- OCLC:
- 1417759934
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