A study of post-slavery literatures in the Americas. Examining major novels from 1880 to the 1970s, the author shows how fiction from different nations shares what he calls textual simultaneity in revealing parallel narrative anxieties about genealogy, narrative authority and racial difference.
| ISBN: | 9780813919775 |
| Publication date: | 30th October 2000 |
| Author: | George B Handley |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 231 pages |
| Series: | New World Studies |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers Ethnic studies Slavery and abolition of slavery Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 |
A study of post-slavery literatures in the Americas. Examining major novels from 1880 to the 1970s, the author shows how fiction from different nations shares what he calls textual simultaneity in revealing parallel narrative anxieties about genealogy, narrative authority and racial difference.
Postslavery Literatures in the Americas features in the following genres: Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Ethnic studies, Slavery and abolition of slavery, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
Postslavery Literatures in the Americas is available in Paperback
Postslavery Literatures in the Americas was written by George B Handley and published by University of Virginia Press
Postslavery Literatures in the Americas has 231 pages
Yes it is part of New World Studies series