| Nat Turner Before the Bar of Judgement: Fictional Treatments of the Southampton Slave Insurrection Contributor(s): Davis, Mary Kemp (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807122491 ISBN-13: 9780807122495 Publisher: LSU Press OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 810.935 |
| LCCN: 98-24707 |
| Series: Southern Literary Studies (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.15" H x 6.23" W x 9.21" (1.42 lbs) 298 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study offers an analysis of six novels in which Turner figured prominently. All of the novelists, the author argues, derive their fundamental understanding about Turner from Thomas Gray's seminal work, The Confessions of Nat Turner, but they recreate it in their own image. |