McHenry / Pease Forgotten Readers

Recovering the Lost History of African American Literary Societies
1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8414-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 440 Seiten

Reihe: a John Hope Franklin Center Book

Recovers the history of nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century African American reading societies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McHenry, Elizabeth

Pease, Donald E.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction: In Search of Black Readers 1

1 "Dreaded Eloquence": The Origins and Rise of African American Literary Societies 23

2 Spreading the Word: The Cultural Work of the Black Press 84

3 Literary Coalitions in the Age of Washington 141

4 Reading, Writing, and Reform in the Woman's Era 187

5 Georgia Douglas Johnson and the Saturday Nighters 251

Epilogue: Building Community in Contemporary Reading Groups 297

Notes 317

Bibliography 387

Index 401

Über Autor(innen)

Elizabeth McHenry is Assistant Professor of English at New York University.