Monique-Adelle Callahan

Between the Lines

Literary Transnationalism and African American Poetics

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Produktbeschreibung

Through a close readings of three prolific poets, Between the Lines challenges traditional literary canons and presents an African American poetry of the Americas, one that defies national and linguistic boundaries in an effort to articulate the complex relationship between slavery and freedom in the history of the Western Hemisphere.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780199743063
• ISBN-10: 0199743061
• Artikelnr.: 32727690

Autorenporträt

Monique-Adelle Callahan is a lecturer in the Comparative Literature Department at Harvard University.

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface
* Introduction: What is Between the Lines(?)
* 1: Translations of Transnational Black Icons in the Poetics of
Frances Harper
* 2: Signs of Blood: Redemption Songs and American Poetry Beyond
Borders
* 3: Write the Vision: Gender and Nation Beyond Emancipation
* 4: Prison Breaks: Modes of Escape in Auta de Souza's Poetics of
Freedom
* Conclusion: Where Do We Go From Here?: the Implications of Textual
Migrations
* Epilogue: Afrodescendente History as/and Transnational Poetics
* Bibliography