Unlike 19th century slave narratives, many recent novel-like texts about slavery deploy ironic narrative strategies, innovative structural features, and playful cruelty. This study analyzes the postmodern aesthetics common to seven tales of slavery from the United States, Martinique, and Guadeloupe, Cuba, abd Colombia from authors including Alejo Carpentier, Miguel Barnet, Toni Morrison, and Charles Johnson.
| ISBN: | 9780815338536 |
| Publication date: | 29th November 2000 |
| Author: | Timothy J Cox |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Inc |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 174 pages |
| Series: | Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory |
| Genres: |
Literature: history and criticism |