| The Cambridge Companion to Slavery in American Literature Contributor(s): Tawil, Ezra (Editor) |
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ISBN: 110762598X ISBN-13: 9781107625983 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $28.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 810 |
| Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.90 lbs) 301 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Cambridge Companion to Slavery in American Literature brings together leading scholars to examine the significance of slavery in American literature from the eighteenth century to the present day. In addition to stressing how central slavery has been to the study of American culture, this Companion provides students with a broad introduction to an impressive range of authors including Olaudah Equiano, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Toni Morrison. Accessible to students and academics alike, this Companion surveys the critical landscape of a major field and lays the foundations for future studies. |
Contributor Bio(s): Tawil, Ezra: - Ezra Tawil is Associate Professor of English at the University of Rochester, New York. He is the author of The Making of Racial Sentiment: Slavery and the Birth of the Frontier Romance (Cambridge, 2006) and of numerous essays in such journals as Novel, Early American Literature, and Diaspora. He is currently completing a book entitled The American Style: Literary Exceptionalism and Transatlantic Culture. |