Title: The (Underground) Railroad in African American literature /
Authors: Zabel, Darcy.
Publisher: P. Lang,
Year: 2004
Subjects: American literature African American authors History and criticism; American literature History and criticism; African Americans Intellectual life; Railroad stories History and criticism.; African Americans in literature; Railroad travel in literature.; Symbolism in literature.; Railroads in literature.; Underground Railroad.
Abstract: "The (Underground) Railroad in African American Literature offers a brief history of the African American experience of the railroad and the uses of railroad history by a wide assortment of twentieth-century African American poets, dramatists, and fiction writers. Moreover, this literary history examines the ways in which trains, train history, and legendary train figures such as Harriet Tubman and John Henry have served as literary symbols."--Jacket.