Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
American Literature Readings in the 21st Century
ISBN-10
1349434264
ISBN-13
9781349434268
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 9th, 2012
Print length
285 Pages
Weight
380 grams
Dimensions
14.00 x 21.50 x 2.80 cms
Product Classification:
North America (USA and Canada)18th century, c 1700 to c 1799Relating to African American / Black American peopleLiterature: history & criticismLiterature: history and criticismLiterary studies: generalLiterary studies: c 1500 to c 1800Cultural studiesEthnic studies / EthnicityCultural studiesBlack & Asian studies
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Re-reading major African American literary texts such as Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Of One Blood, Cane, Invisible Man, and Corregidora African American Gothic investigates texts from each major era in African American Culture to show how the gothic has consistently circulated throughout the African American literary canon.
This new critique of contemporary African-American fiction explores its intersections with and critiques of the Gothic genre. Wester reveals the myriad ways writers manipulate the genre to critique the gothic''s traditional racial ideologies and the mechanisms that were appropriated and re-articulated as a useful vehicle for the enunciation of the peculiar terrors and complexities of black existence in America. Re-reading major African American literary texts such as Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Of One Blood, Cane, Invisible Man, and Corregidora African American Gothic investigates texts from each major era in African American Culture to show how the gothic has consistently circulated throughout the African American literary canon.
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