Blake: or; The Huts of America - Couverture souple

Delany, Martin R.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 080706419X ISBN 13 : 9780807064191

Editeur : Beacon Press, 1971

Synopsis

Delaney's hero is a West Indian slave who travels throughout the South advocating revolution, and later becomes the general of a black insurrectory fore in Cuba. Blake hopes that, with rebellion in Cuba and the expulsion of all Americans, Cuba's model as a self-governed black state will ultimately precipitate the downfall of slavery in the United States.

Focusing on the political and social issues of the 1850s – slavery as an institution, Cuba as the prime interest of Southern expansionists, the practicality of militant slave revolution, and the possibilities of collective action – Blake is one of the most revealing novels of its period.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Martin R. Delaney (1812-85) has been called the father of American black nationalism, and his only novel, Blake, powerfully dramatizes his separatist philosophy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Beacon Press
• Date d'édition: 1971
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 080706419X
• ISBN 13: 9780807064191
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352
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• Personne responsable: non disponible