{"product_id":"blake-or-the-huts-of-america-a-corrected-edition-paperback","title":"Blake; Or, the Huts of America: A Corrected Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMartin R. Delany\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJerome McGann\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartin R. Delany's \u003ci\u003eBlake\u003c\/i\u003e (1859, 1861-1862) is one of the most important African American--and indeed American--works of fiction of the nineteenth century. It tells the story of Henry Blake's escape from a southern plantation and his subsequent travels across the United States, into Canada, and to Africa and Cuba. His mission is to unite the black populations of the American Atlantic regions, both free and slave, in the struggle for freedom, whether through insurrection or through emigration and the creation of an independent black state. \u003ci\u003eBlake\u003c\/i\u003e is a rhetorical masterpiece, all the more strange and mysterious for remaining incomplete, breaking off before its final scene. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition of \u003ci\u003eBlake\u003c\/i\u003e, prepared by textual scholar Jerome McGann, offers the first correct printing of the work in book form. It establishes an accurate text, supplies contextual notes and commentaries, and presents an authoritative account of the work's composition and publication history. In a lively introduction, McGann argues that Delany employs the resources of fiction to develop a critical account of the interconnected structure of racist power as it operated throughout the American Atlantic. He likens \u003ci\u003eBlake\u003c\/i\u003e to Upton Sinclair's \u003ci\u003eThe Jungle\u003c\/i\u003e, in its willful determination to transform a living and terrible present. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlake; or, The Huts of America: A Corrected Edition \u003c\/i\u003ewill be used in undergraduate and graduate classes on the history of African American fiction, on the history of the American novel, and on black cultural studies. General readers will welcome as well the first reliable edition of Delany's fiction.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.2 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 13, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756864241952,"sku":"9780674088726","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e2c4d60a87f85d4577681cc79bd0df40.webp?v=1780088173","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/blake-or-the-huts-of-america-a-corrected-edition-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}