Slavery and the Literary Imagination |
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| Editor:
| McDowell, Deborah E.
Rampersad, Arnold |
| Series title: | Selected Papers from the English Institute Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8018-3948-1 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 1989 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $32.00 |
Book Description:
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Seven noted scholars examine slave narratives and the topic of slavery in American literature, from Frederick Douglass's Narrative (1845)-- treated in chapters by James Olney and William L. Andrews-- to Sheley Anne William's ''Dessa Rose'' (1984). Among the contributors, Arnold Rampersad reads W.E.B. DuBois's classic work ''The Souls of Black ......
Seven noted scholars examine slave narratives and the topic of slavery in American literature, from Frederick Douglass's Narrative (1845)-- treated in chapters by James Olney and William L. Andrews-- to Sheley Anne William's ''Dessa Rose'' (1984). Among the contributors, Arnold Rampersad reads W.E.B. DuBois's classic work ''The Souls of Black ......