{"product_id":"slavery-and-the-literary-imagination-paperback","title":"Slavery and the Literary Imagination - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDeborah E. McDowell\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eArnold Rampersad\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeven noted scholars examine slave narratives and the topic of slavery in American literature, from Frederick Douglass's \u003ci\u003eNarrative\u003c\/i\u003e (1845)--treated in chapted by Jamkes Olney and William L. Andrews--to Sherley Anne Williams's \u003ci\u003eDessa Rose\u003c\/i\u003e (1984). Among the contributors, Arnold Rampersad reads W.E.B. DuBois's classic work \u003ci\u003eThe Souls of Black Folk\u003c\/i\u003e (1903) as a response to Booker T. Washington's \u003ci\u003eUp from Salvery\u003c\/i\u003e (1901). Hazel V. Carby examines novels of slavery and novels of sharecropping and questions the critical tendency to comflate the two, thereby also conflating the nineteenth century wiith the twentieth, the rural with the urban.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough works by Afro-American writers are the primary focus, the authors also examine antislavery novels by white women. Hortense J. Spillers gives extensive attention to Harriet Beecher Stowe's \u003ci\u003eUncle Tom's Cabin\u003c\/i\u003e, in juxtaposition with Ishmael Reed's \u003ci\u003eFlight to Canada\u003c\/i\u003e; Carolyn L. Karcher readers Lydia Maria Child's \u003ci\u003eA Romance of the Republic \u003c\/i\u003eas an abolitionist vision of America's racial destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a concluding chapter, Deborah E. McDowell's reading of \u003ci\u003eDessa Rose\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how slavery and freedom--dominant themes in nineteenth-century black literature--continue to command the attention of contemporary authors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeven noted scholars examine slave narratives and the topic of slavery in American literature, from Frederick Douglass's Narrative (1845)-- treated in chapters by James Olney and William L. Andrews-- to Sheley Anne William's \"Dessa Rose\" (1984). Among the contributors, Arnold Rampersad reads W.E.B. DuBois's classic work \"The Souls of Black Folk\" (1903) as a response to Booker T. Washington's \"Up from Slavery\" (1901). Hazel V. Carby examines novels of slavery and novels of sharecropping and questions the critical tendency to conflate the two, thereby also conflating the nineteenth century with the twentieth, the rural with the urban. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough works by Afro-American writers are the primary focus, the authors also examine antislavery novels by white women. Hortense J. Spillers gives extensive attention to Harriet Beecher Stowe's \"Uncle Tom's Cabin\", in juxtaposition with Ishmael Reed's \"Flight to Canada\"; Carolyn L. Karcher reads Lydia Maria Child's \"A Romance of the Republic\" as an abolitionist vision of America's racial destiny. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a concluding chapter, Deborah E. McDowell's reading of \"Desa Rose\" reveals how slavery and freedom-- dominant themes in nineteenth-century black literature-- continue to command the attention of contemporary authors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeborah E. McDowell\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of English at the Univeristy of Virginia. \u003cb\u003eArnold Rampersad\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of English at Columbia Univeristy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.97 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 19, 1989\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757481230624,"sku":"9780801839481","price":56.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c4abd4bc2f7880e6893addb4cd5a8a1c.webp?v=1780104152","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/slavery-and-the-literary-imagination-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}