Visualizing Blackness and the Creation of the African American Literary Tradition

Lena (University of Iowa) Hill

Cambridge University Press, 2014

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This study examines how black writers use visual tropes as literary devices to challenge readers' conceptions of black identity. Lena Hill charts two hundred years of African American literary history, from Phillis Wheatley to Ralph Ellison, and engages with a variety of canonical and lesser-known writers.

ISBN-13
9781107041585
ISBN-10
1107041589
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2014
Publication date
2014-02-17
Pages
287
Dimensions
234x161x23
Weight
540