Chaotic Justice: Rethinking African American Literary History: Rethinking African American Literary History - Couverture souple

Ernest, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0807859834 ISBN 13 : 9780807859834

Editeur : The University of North Carolina Press, 2009

Synopsis

Ernest revisits the work of 19th-century writers and activists such as Henry "Box" Brown, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Wilson, William Wells Brown, and Sojourner Truth, demonstrating that their concepts of justice were far more radical than those imagined by most white sympathizers. He offers new principles of justice that grant fragmented histories, partial recoveries, and still-unprinted texts the same value as canonized works. His proposal is both a historically informed critique of the field and an invigorating challenge to present and future scholars of African American literature.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

John Ernest is Eberly Family Distinguished Professor of American Literature at West Virginia University. He is author or editor of six books, including Liberation Historiography: African American Writers and the Challenge of History, 1794-1861 (UNC Press).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The University of North Carolina Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0807859834
• ISBN 13: 9780807859834
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 328
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• Personne responsable: non disponible