Visualizing Blackness And The Creation Of The African American Literary Tradition (Cambridge Studies In American Literature And Culture, Series Number 167)

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.

• • Author: Lena Hill
• • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• • Publication Date: Feb 17, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 287 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1107041589
• • ISBN-13: 9781107041585