From Behind the Veil A Study of Afro-American Narrative |
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| Author:
| Stepto, Robert B. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-252-06211-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1991 |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $28.00 |
Book Description:
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This pioneering study of Afro-American narrative is far more critical, historical, and textual than biographical, chronological, and atextual. Robert Stepto asserts that Afro-American culture has its store of canonical stories or pregeneric myths, the primary one being the quest for freedom and literacy. This second edition includes a new preface ......
This pioneering study of Afro-American narrative is far more critical, historical, and textual than biographical, chronological, and atextual. Robert Stepto asserts that Afro-American culture has its store of canonical stories or pregeneric myths, the primary one being the quest for freedom and literacy. This second edition includes a new preface ......