Title: The (Underground) Railroad in African American literature
Description: "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."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: African Americans in literature, Railroads in literature, Symbolism in literature, Intellectual life, History and criticism, American literature, Underground railroad, Railroad stories, African American authors, Railroad travel in literature, African Americans, Literatur, Eisenbahn (Motiv), Schwarze, Eisenbahn <Motiv>, American literature, african american authors, history and criticism, African americans, intellectual life, American literature, history and criticism, 20th century
Time periods: 20th century