Between the lines : literary transnationalism and African American poetics /

This work examines the role of women poets of African descent in shaping the history of the Americas. Focusing on three women whose poetry wrestled with the sociopolitical predicaments of the late 19th century, the book ventures a broader definition of African American literature by placing it in a...

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Main Author: Callahan, Monique-Adelle
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
Series:Imagining the Americas.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This work examines the role of women poets of African descent in shaping the history of the Americas. Focusing on three women whose poetry wrestled with the sociopolitical predicaments of the late 19th century, the book ventures a broader definition of African American literature by placing it in a hemispheric context.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 183 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199876693
019987669X
9780199895021
0199895023