American Lazarus: Religion and the Rise of African American and Native American Literatures
Brooks, JoannaAuthor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2003.
This book explores the means by which the very first Black and Indian authors rose up to transform their communities and the course of American literary history. It argues that the origins of modern African-American and American Indian literatures emerged at the revolutionary crossroads of religion and racial formation.
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
This book explores the means by which the very first Black and Indian authors rose up to transform their communities and the course of American literary history. It argues that the origins of modern African-American and American Indian literatures emerged at the revolutionary crossroads of religion and racial formation.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Specialized.
American literature
Christianity and literature
American literature
Indians of North America
African Americans