The Cambridge Companion to the African American Slave Narrative (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
Description
This authoritative volume offers a comprehensive introduction to the African American slave narrative, examining the genre’s origins, development, major works, and enduring cultural significance. Through essays by leading scholars, it explores the historical contexts, literary forms, political purposes, and religious and philosophical ideas that shaped narratives of enslavement and freedom. The collection also considers the genre’s influence on later African American literature, autobiography, abolitionist discourse, and contemporary representations of slavery. Accessible yet deeply informed, it provides an essential guide for understanding how these powerful texts challenged oppression and helped shape American literary and cultural history.
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paperback
Cambridge University Press
Published Jun 18, 2007
290 pages
ISBN: 9780521615266
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First Published
2007
Language
eng
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