Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 183 pages) |
Series |
Imagining the Americas |
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Imagining the Americas.
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Contents |
What is between the lines -- Translations of transnational black icons in the poetics of Frances Harper -- Signs of blood: redemption songs and "American" poetry beyond borders -- Write the vision: gender and nation beyond emancipation -- Prison breaks: modes of escape in Auta de Souza's poetics of freedom -- Where do we go from here?: the implications of textual migrations -- Afrodescendente history as/and transnational poetics |
Summary |
This work examines the role of women poets of African descent in shaping the history of the Americas. Focusing on three women whose poetry wrestled with the sociopolitical predicaments of the late 19th century, the book ventures a broader definition of African American literature by placing it in a hemispheric context |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, 1825-1911 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Ayala, Cristina, 1856- -- Criticism and interpretation
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Souza, Auta de, 1876-1901 -- Criticism and interpretation
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SUBJECT |
Ayala, Cristina, 1856- fast |
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Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, 1825-1911 fast |
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Souza, Auta de, 1876-1901 fast |
Subject |
Poetry -- Black authors.
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Transnationalism in literature.
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Poetics -- History
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Slavery in literature.
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Postcolonialism in literature.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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Poetics
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Poetry -- Black authors
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Postcolonialism in literature
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Slavery in literature
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Transnationalism in literature
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SUBJECT |
America -- Literatures -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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Subject |
America
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780199876693 |
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019987669X |
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9780199895021 |
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0199895023 |
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