We Wear the Mask : African Americans Write American Literature, 1760-1870

Rafia Zafar

ISBN 10: 0231080956 / ISBN 13: 9780231080958

Edité par Columbia University Press Nov 1997, 1997

A propos de cet article

Neuware - Uncovers the strategies early African American writers used both to create an African American identity and to make their visions and stories accessible to white readers. Alongside these pioneers of black American literature Zafar juxtaposes some familiar European American Writers. Beginning with Phillis Wheatley's implicit engagements with other colonial era poets, and ending with the ultimately tragic success story of Elizabeth Keckley, ex-slave, seamstress, and confidante to a First Lady, black authors employed virtually every dominant literary genre while cannily manipulating the nature of their presence.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: We Wear the Mask : African Americans Write American Literature, 1760-1870
• Éditeur: Columbia University Press Nov 1997
• Date de parution: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0231080956
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780231080958
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Poids: 349 grammes

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Synopsis

Uncovers the strategies early African American writers used both to create an African American identity and to make their visions and stories accessible to white readers. Alongside these pioneers of black American literature Zafar juxtaposes some familiar European American Writers. Beginning with Phillis Wheatley's implicit engagements with other colonial era poets, and ending with the ultimately tragic success story of Elizabeth Keckley, ex-slave, seamstress, and confidante to a First Lady, black authors employed virtually every dominant literary genre while cannily manipulating the nature of their presence.

À propos de l?auteur

Rafia Zafar is professor of English and African and African American Studies, Washington Univerisity in St. Louis