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The Origins of African American Literature, 1680-1865
Dickson D. Bruce Jr.
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Description for The Origins of African American Literature, 1680-1865
Paperback. This volume asserts that contrary to prevailing perceptions of African American literary voices as silenced and excluded from American history, those voices were loud and clear. The book provides evidence to demonstrate just how much writers engaged in a surprising number of dialogues with society. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBD; DSBF; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 576.
From the earliest texts of the colonial period to works contemporary with Emancipation, African American literature has been a dialogue across color lines and a medium through which black writers have been able to exert considerable authority on both sides of that racial demarcation. Dickson D. Bruce argues that contrary to prevailing perceptions of African American voices as silenced and excluded from American history, those voices were loud and clear. Within the context of the wider culture, these writers offered powerful, widely read, and widely appreciated commentaries on American ideals and ambitions. The Origins of African American Literature provides strong ... Read more
From the earliest texts of the colonial period to works contemporary with Emancipation, African American literature has been a dialogue across color lines and a medium through which black writers have been able to exert considerable authority on both sides of that racial demarcation. Dickson D. Bruce argues that contrary to prevailing perceptions of African American voices as silenced and excluded from American history, those voices were loud and clear. Within the context of the wider culture, these writers offered powerful, widely read, and widely appreciated commentaries on American ideals and ambitions. The Origins of African American Literature provides strong ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813920672
SKU
V9780813920672
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About Dickson D. Bruce Jr.
Dickson D. Bruce Jr. is Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of several books, including And They All Sang Hallelujah: Plain-Folk Camp-Meeting Religion, 1800-1845, winner of the Southern Anthropological Society's James Mooney Award.
Reviews for The Origins of African American Literature, 1680-1865
Bruce's book is thoroughly researched, copious in scope, original judicious, briskly and energetically written, and unfailingly informative. There is nothing like it on the scene: it is enormously instructive source and a major work of literary history.-William L. Andrews, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, coeditor of The Oxford Companion to African American Literature; ""This is the definitive account ... Read more