American Lazarus : religion and the rise of African-American and native American literatures /

This book explores the means by which the very first Black and Indian authors rose up to transform their communities and the course of American literary history. It argues that the origins of modern African-American and American Indian literatures emerged at the revolutionary crossroads of religion...

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Main Author: Brooks, Joanna, 1971-
Corporate Author: UPSO (University Press Scholarship Online)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.
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Summary:This book explores the means by which the very first Black and Indian authors rose up to transform their communities and the course of American literary history. It argues that the origins of modern African-American and American Indian literatures emerged at the revolutionary crossroads of religion and racial formation.
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9780199851263
0199851263