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010 a| 91008513;

020 a| 0195065921 (alk. paper);

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035 a| (OCoLC)23211181;

043 a| n-us---;

049 a| NPEE;

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092 a| 810.9355b| N33w;

100 1 a| Nelson, Dana D.=| ^A294663;

245 14 a| The word in black and white :b| reading "race" in American literature, 1638-1867 /c| Dana D. Nelson.;

300 a| xvi, 189 pages ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-184) and index.;

505 0 a| Uncommon need : "race" in early American literature -- Economies of morality and power : reading "race" in two colonial texts -- Romancing the border : Bird, Cooper, Simms, and the frontier novel -- W/Righting history : sympathy as strategy in Hope Leslie and A Romance of the republic -- Ethnocentrism decentered : colonial motives in The narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym -- "For the gaze of the whites" : the crisis of the subject in "Benito Cereno" -- "Read the characters, question the motives" : Harriett Jacobs's Incidents in the life of a slave girl.;

650 0 a| American literaturey| Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775x| History and criticism.=| ^A32507;

650 0 a| American literaturex| White authorsx| History and criticism.=| ^A23764;

650 0 a| American literaturey| 19th centuryx| History and criticism.=| ^A17640;

650 0 a| American literaturey| 1783-1850x| History and criticism.=| ^A77197;

650 0 a| Minorities in literature.=| ^A142282;

650 0 a| Race in literature.=| ^A235583;

590 a| Little-282516;

596 a| 1 2;

998 a| 1708909;

999 a| PS173.E8 N45 1992w| LCc| 1i| 30372006121120d| 11/4/2013e| 7/20/2011l| JGESm| JOYNERn| 1q| 1r| Ys| Yt| JGESBKu| 2/27/1992x| BOOKz| JSTACKSo| .STAFF. 0;

The word in black and white : reading "race" in American literature, 1638-1867 / Dana D. Nelson.

Author/creator	Nelson, Dana D.
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Oxford University Press, ©1992.
Description	xvi, 189 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects	American literature--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. --History and criticism. American literature--White authors. --History and criticism. American literature--19th century. --History and criticism. American literature--1783-1850. --History and criticism. Minorities in literature. Race in literature.

Contents	Uncommon need : "race" in early American literature -- Economies of morality and power : reading "race" in two colonial texts -- Romancing the border : Bird, Cooper, Simms, and the frontier novel -- W/Righting history : sympathy as strategy in Hope Leslie and A Romance of the republic -- Ethnocentrism decentered : colonial motives in The narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym -- "For the gaze of the whites" : the crisis of the subject in "Benito Cereno" -- "Read the characters, question the motives" : Harriett Jacobs's Incidents in the life of a slave girl.
Local note	Little-282516
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-184) and index.
LCCN	91008513
ISBN	0195065921 (alk. paper)

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