To make Negro literature : writing, literary practice & African American authorship /

To make Negro literature : writing, literary practice & African American authorship /

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Author / Creator:	McHenry, Elizabeth, 1965- author.
Imprint:	Durham : Duke University Press, 2021. ©2021
Description:	xv, 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism. American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism. African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 19th century. African Americans -- Books and reading. African Americans in literature. African Americans -- Books and reading. African Americans in literature. African Americans -- Intellectual life. American literature. American literature -- African American authors. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12668183

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ISBN:	9781478013594 1478013591 9781478014515 1478014512 9781478021810 9781478091745
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"In To Make Negro Literature Elizabeth McHenry traces African American authorship in the decade following the 1896 legalization of segregation. She shifts critical focus from the published texts of acclaimed writers to unfamiliar practitioners, whose works reflect the unsettledness of African American letters in this period. Analyzing literary projects that were unpublished, unsuccessful, or only partially achieved, McHenry recovers a hidden genealogy of Black literature as having emerged tentatively, laboriously, and unevenly. She locates this history in books sold by subscription, in lists and bibliographies of African American authors and books assembled at the turn of the century, in the act of ghostwriting, and in manuscripts submitted to publishers for consideration and the letters of introduction that accompanied them. By attending to these sites and prioritizing overlooked archives, McHenry reveals a radically different literary landscape, revising concepts of Black authorship and offering a fresh account of the development of "Negro literature" focused on the never published, the barely read, and the unconventional"--
Other form:	Online version: McHenry, Elizabeth, 1965- To make Negro literature. Durham : Duke University Press, 2021. 9781478021810

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