To wake the nations [electronic resource] : race in the making of American literature / Eric J. Sundquist.
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TextSeries: ACLS Humanities E-BookPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1993.Description: ix, 705 p. ; 25 cmSubject(s): - Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 -- Cri ticism and interpretation
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Douglass, Frederick, 1817?-1895 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Turner, Nat, 1800?-1831
- American literature -- African American authors -- History and criti cism
- African Americans -- Intellectual life
- African Americans in literature
- Race relations in literature
- Segregation in literature
- Race in literature
Includes bibliographical references (p. 627-691) and index.
pt. 1. Slavery, revolution, renaissance -- Signs of power : Nat Turn er and Frederick Douglass -- Melville, Delany, and New World slavery -- pt. 2. The color line -- Mark Train and Homer Plessy -- Charles Chesnu tt's cakewalk -- pt. 3. W.E.B. Du Bois : African America and the kingdo m of culture -- Swing low : the souls of black folk -- The spell of Afr ica.
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2014. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of a ccess: Intranet.
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