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100 1 a| Wester, Maisha L.,d| 1979-=| ^A1139844;

245 10 a| African American gothic :b| screams from shadowed places /c| Maisha L. Wester.;

250 a| 1st ed.;

260 a| New York :b| Palgrave Macmillan,c| 2012.;

300 a| vii, 285 pages ;c| 23 cm.;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

490 1 a| American literature readings in the 21st century;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-275) and index;

505 0 a| Haunted lands and gothic voices: slave narrative rewritings of gothic motifs -- Babo speaks back: white violence and black resistance in nineteenth-century black fiction -- "The dark sunshine aboveground": questions of progress and migration in Toomer and Ellison -- "What, after all, am I": the terrors of (collective) identity -- "Murdered by piece-meal": the destruction of African American family in Beloved -- The lost voices of Tims Creek: narrative reinscription in A visitation of spirits and "let the dead bury their dead".;

520 a| "African American Gothic: Screams from Shadowed Places is a new study of African American literary interventions into the gothic genre. The book investigates how African American authors have utilized the genre since its very beginnings in America to represent the real horrors of Black life in country haunted by racism. Re-reading major African American literary texts--such as Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Of One Blood, Cane, Invisible Man, and Corregidora--African American Gothic investigates texts from each major era in African American Culture to show how the gothic has consistently circulated throughout the African American literary canon"--c| Provided by publisher.;

650 0 a| American literaturex| African American authorsx| History and criticism.=| ^A24860;

650 0 a| Gothic revival (Literature)x| History and criticism.=| ^A65138;

650 7 a| LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American.2| bisacsh;

650 7 a| LITERARY CRITICISM / Gothic & Romance.2| bisacsh;

650 7 a| SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies.2| bisacsh;

830 0 a| American literature readings in the 21st century.=| ^A701545;

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African American gothic : screams from shadowed places / Maisha L. Wester.

Author/creator	Wester, Maisha L., 1979-
Format	Book
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Description	vii, 285 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects	American literature--African American authors. --History and criticism. Gothic revival (Literature)--History and criticism.

Series	American literature readings in the 21st century American literature readings in the 21st century. ^A701545
Contents	Haunted lands and gothic voices: slave narrative rewritings of gothic motifs -- Babo speaks back: white violence and black resistance in nineteenth-century black fiction -- "The dark sunshine aboveground": questions of progress and migration in Toomer and Ellison -- "What, after all, am I": the terrors of (collective) identity -- "Murdered by piece-meal": the destruction of African American family in Beloved -- The lost voices of Tims Creek: narrative reinscription in A visitation of spirits and "let the dead bury their dead".
Abstract	"African American Gothic: Screams from Shadowed Places is a new study of African American literary interventions into the gothic genre. The book investigates how African American authors have utilized the genre since its very beginnings in America to represent the real horrors of Black life in country haunted by racism. Re-reading major African American literary texts--such as Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Of One Blood, Cane, Invisible Man, and Corregidora--African American Gothic investigates texts from each major era in African American Culture to show how the gothic has consistently circulated throughout the African American literary canon"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-275) and index
LCCN	2012019429
ISBN	9781137003508 (hardback)
ISBN	1137003502 (hardback)

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