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- catalog abstract "From America's revolutionary period to the Civil War and Reconstruction, African Americans contributed important works to the country's blossoming literary canon. Written in a variety of genres, from neoclassical poetry to sentimental fiction, their work represented a desire to bridge the racial divide and to "write themselves into acceptance." Striving for an integrated audience, they recounted experiences and voiced opinions from a unique, African American perspective. Rafia Zafar uncovers the strategies these early writers used both to create an African American identity and to make their visions and stories accessible to white readers. Alongside these pioneers of black American literature Zafar juxtaposes some familiar European American writers. Beginning with Phillis Wheatley's implicit engagements with other colonial-era poets and ending with ultimately tragic success story of Elizabeth Keckley, ex-slave, seamstress, and confidante to a First Lady, black authors employed virtually every dominant literary genre while cannily manipulating the nature of their presence. Zafar demonstrates that in doing so, these forerunners of modern black American writers both adapted to and reacted against a milieu of social resistance and cultural antipathy. By the end of Reconstruction, this first century of black writers had paved the way for a distinctive, African American literature.".
- catalog contributor b10435487.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "From America's revolutionary period to the Civil War and Reconstruction, African Americans contributed important works to the country's blossoming literary canon. Written in a variety of genres, from neoclassical poetry to sentimental fiction, their work represented a desire to bridge the racial divide and to "write themselves into acceptance." Striving for an integrated audience, they recounted experiences and voiced opinions from a unique, African American perspective.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-241) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: of masks, mimicry, and invisibility -- Sable patriots and modern Egyptians: Phillis Wheatley, Joel Barlow, and Ann Eliza Bleecker -- Capturing the captivity: African Americans among the Puritans -- Enslaving the saved: the narratives of Henry Bibb and William Wells Brown -- "It is natural to believe in great men." -- The blackwoman in the attic -- Dressing up and dressing down: Elizabeth Keckley's Behind the scenes at the White House and Eliza Potter's A hairdresser's experience in high life -- Conclusion: the beginning of African American literature.".
- catalog description "Rafia Zafar uncovers the strategies these early writers used both to create an African American identity and to make their visions and stories accessible to white readers. Alongside these pioneers of black American literature Zafar juxtaposes some familiar European American writers. Beginning with Phillis Wheatley's implicit engagements with other colonial-era poets and ending with ultimately tragic success story of Elizabeth Keckley, ex-slave, seamstress, and confidante to a First Lady, black authors employed virtually every dominant literary genre while cannily manipulating the nature of their presence.".
- catalog description "Zafar demonstrates that in doing so, these forerunners of modern black American writers both adapted to and reacted against a milieu of social resistance and cultural antipathy. By the end of Reconstruction, this first century of black writers had paved the way for a distinctive, African American literature.".
- catalog extent "xi, 249 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0231080948 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog identifier "0231080956 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Columbia University Press,".
- catalog subject "810.9/896073 21".
- catalog subject "African Americans Intellectual life 18th century.".
- catalog subject "African Americans Intellectual life 19th century.".
- catalog subject "African Americans in literature.".
- catalog subject "American literature 1783-1850 History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "American literature 19th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "American literature African American authors History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "American literature Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775 History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "American literature Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "American literature Revolutionary period, 1775-1783 History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "PS153.N5 Z34 1997".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: of masks, mimicry, and invisibility -- Sable patriots and modern Egyptians: Phillis Wheatley, Joel Barlow, and Ann Eliza Bleecker -- Capturing the captivity: African Americans among the Puritans -- Enslaving the saved: the narratives of Henry Bibb and William Wells Brown -- "It is natural to believe in great men." -- The blackwoman in the attic -- Dressing up and dressing down: Elizabeth Keckley's Behind the scenes at the White House and Eliza Potter's A hairdresser's experience in high life -- Conclusion: the beginning of African American literature.".
- catalog title "We wear the mask : African Americans write American literature, 1760-1870 / Rafia Zafar.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".