The Cambridge Companion to Slavery in American Literature brings together leading scholars to examine the significance of slavery in American literature from the eighteenth century to the present day. In addition to stressing how central slavery has been to the study of American culture, this Companion provides students with a broad introduction to an impressive range of authors including Olaudah Equiano, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Toni Morrison. Accessible to students and academics alike, this Companion surveys the critical landscape of a major field and lays the foundations for future studies.
| ISBN: | 9781107625983 |
| Publication date: | 29th March 2016 |
| Author: | Ezra University of Rochester, New York Tawil |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 301 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Companions to Literature |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Slavery and abolition of slavery |