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Early African American Print Culture

Stein, Jordan Alexander, Cohen, Lara Langer

2012

Overview

The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries saw both the consolidation of American print culture and the establishment of an African American literary tradition, yet the two are too rarely considered in tandem. In this landmark volume, a stellar group of established and emerging scholars ranges over periods, locations, and media to explore African Americans' diverse contributions to early American print culture, both on the page and off. The book's seventeen chapters consider domestic novels and gallows narratives, Francophone poetry and engravings of Liberia, transatlantic lyrics and San Francisco newspapers. Together, they consider how close attention to the archive can expand the study of African American literature well beyond matters of authorship to include issues of editing, illustration, circulation, and reading-and how this expansion can enrich and transform the study of print culture more generally. Published in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia.

• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc,University of Pennsylvania Press
• Subject: 18th century / 19th century / Abolition / African American / African American authors / African American literature / American / American History / American literature / American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism / anthology / Authors and publishers / Authors and publishers -- United States -- History -- 18th century / Authors and publishers -- United States -- History -- 19th century / Books & Reading / Charge of the Light Brigade / Clotel / Coventions / eighteenth nineteenth century / essay / Frances Ellen Watkins Harper / Hagar's Daughter / Harriet Beecher Stowe / History / History and criticism / identity / Ignatius Sancho / Language & Literature / Les Cennelles / Liberia / LITERARY CRITICISM / LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading / LITERARY CRITICISM / General / literary history / Literature publishing / Literature publishing -- United States -- History -- 18th century / Literature publishing -- United States -- History -- 19th century / Phillis Wheatley / print / publicity / race racism / slavery / St Domingo / Uncle Tom's Cabin / United States / William Grimes
• ISBN: 0812244257, 9780812244250, 9780812223347, 0812223349, 0812206290, 9780812206296