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The Origins of African American Literature, 1680-1865

The Origins of African American Literature, 1680-1865

Bruce, Dickson D.

Paperback

Literary Criticism

ISBN10: 0813920671
ISBN13: 9780813920672
Publisher: Univ Of Virginia Pr
Published: Nov 29 2001
Pages: 374
Weight: 1.27
Height: 1.16 Width: 6.06 Depth: 8.94
Language: English

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 evidence to demonstrate just how much writers engaged in a surprising number of dialogues with society as a whole.

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