Title Fictions of the Black Atlantic in American foundational literature / Gesa Mackenthun

Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (x, 214 pages) Series Routledge transatlantic perspectives on American literature ; 4 Routledge transatlantic perspectives on American literature ; 4. Contents Chartless narratives : ambivalent postcoloniality and oceanic memory in early American writing -- The emergence of the 'postcolonial' Atlantic : Equiano's Interesting narrative and Tyler's Algerine captive -- Textual and geographical displacement in Arthur Mervyn and The red rover -- Ambivalent Atlantic : slave ship memories in antebellum writing -- Metaphorical Atlantic : antebellum fictions of the Pacific Summary This book applies critical concepts developed within postcolonial theory to American texts written between the national emergence of the United States and the Civil War Analysis Multi-User: limited to 5 simultaneous users Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-210) and index Notes Print version record Subject American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism Black people in literature American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism American literature -- 1783-1850 -- History and criticism African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 19th century African Americans in literature. Slave trade in literature. Slavery in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. African Americans in literature African Americans -- Intellectual life American literature American literature -- African American authors Black people in literature Literature Slave trade in literature Slavery in literature SUBJECT Atlantic Ocean Region -- In literature Subject Atlantic Ocean Region Genre/Form Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book LC no. 2004040951 ISBN 0203412648 9780203412640

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