We Wear the Mask: African Americans Write American Literature, 1760-1870 Contributor(s): Zafar, Rafia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0231080948 ISBN-13: 9780231080941 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $108.90 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 1997 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - African American |
Dewey: 810.989 |
LCCN: 96053974 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 9" (1.05 lbs) 266 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Uncovers the strategies early African American writers used both to create an African American identity and to make their visions and stories accessible to white readers. Alongside these pioneers of black American literature Zafar juxtaposes some familiar European American Writers. Beginning with Phillis Wheatley's implicit engagements with other colonial era poets, and ending with the ultimately tragic success story of Elizabeth Keckley, ex-slave, seamstress, and confidante to a First Lady, black authors employed virtually every dominant literary genre while cannily manipulating the nature of their presence. |