To wake the nations race in the making of American literature / [electronic resource] :
Eric J. Sundquist.
- Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1993.
- ix, 705 p. ; 25 cm.
- ACLS Humanities E-Book. .
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.
Du Bois, W. E. B. 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.