Between the lines [electronic resource] : literary transnationalism and African American poetics /
by Callahan, Monique-Adelle.
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BookSeries: Imagining the Americas: Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 9780199895021 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Poetry -- Black authors | America -- Literatures -- History and criticism | Transnationalism in literature | Poetics -- History | Slavery in literature | Postcolonialism in literature | Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, 1825-1911 -- Criticism and interpretation | Ayala, Cristina, b. 1856 -- Criticism and interpretation | Souza, Auta de, 1876-1901 -- Criticism and interpretationOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online 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.
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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