Powers divine
Subtitle: spiritual autobiography and black women's writing
By: Tomeiko Ashford Carter.
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
ISBN-13: 9780761841845
Subjects: Autobiographies -- Black authors -- History and criticism; Autobiographies -- Women authors -- History and criticism; Feminist fiction -- Black authors -- History and criticism; American literature -- Black authors -- History and criticism; American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism
Description: "Tomeiko Ashford Carter offers insight into the true-to-life work of a black female preacher in nineteenth-century America and shows how she helped start a revolution of "spirit writing, ' a sanctuary where authors could create powerful leading heroines who live by their own brands of Christian theology. Carter also calls attention to subsequent black female writers whose fiction demonstrates the legacies of life and spirit-writing. She does not leave out black male writers whom she discovers have created their own versions of divine women since the nineteenth-century. Indeed, Power Divine provides unique insight into compelling "divine" characters."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-161) and index.