Title African American women writers' historical fiction / by Ana Nunes

Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

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Description 1 online resource Contents Contexts: "I would like to do something of lasting service for the race" -- Setting the Record Straight -- History as Birthmark: Gayl Jones's Corregidora -- "The Undocumentable Inside of History": Sherley Anne Williams's Dessa Rose -- "her best thing, her beautiful, magical best thing": Toni Morrison's Beloved and Phyllis Perry's Stigmata Summary This volume explores African American historical fiction written by women in the last four decades of the twentieth century. Nunes's approach to the text emphasizes the narrative and thematic achievements of individual novels against the backdrop of the main trends and developments of the contemporary African American historical novel Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject American fiction -- African American authors -- History and criticism American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism Historical fiction, American -- History and criticism American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism African Americans in literature. Literary studies: from c 1900 -. Literary theory. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. Literature. African Americans in literature American fiction American fiction -- African American authors American fiction -- Women authors Historical fiction, American Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780230118850 0230118852 1283124033 9781283124034 9781349294497 1349294497

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