Genius in bondage : literature of the early Black Atlantic

Genius in bondage : literature of the early Black Atlantic / edited by Vincent Carretta and Philip Gould.

Other author/creator	Carretta, Vincent.
Other author/creator	Gould, Philip, 1960-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2001.
Description	272 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Subject(s)	Equiano, Olaudah, 1745-1797. Interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano Hammon, Briton. Narrative of the uncommon sufferings, and surprising deliverance of Briton Hammon, a Negro man. Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784--Criticism and interpretation. Sancho, Ignatius, 1729-1780--Criticism and interpretation. African literature (English)--Foreign countries --History and criticism. English literature--Black authors --History and criticism. English literature--18th century --History and criticism. Enslaved persons' writings, English--History and criticism. Africans--Foreign countries --Historiography. Slavery in literature. Black people in literature

Contents	Betrayed by some of my own complexion : Cugoano, abolition, and the contemporary language of racialism / Roxanne Wheeler -- Race, redemption, and captivity in the narratives of Briton Hammon and John Marrant / Karen A. Weyler -- Being a man : Olaudah Equiano and Ignatius Sancho / Felicity A. Nussbaum -- Volatile subjects : the history of Mary Prince / Gillian Whitlock -- Letters of the old Calibar slave trade, 1760-1789 / Paul E. Lovejoy and David Richardson -- Remarkable liberty : language and identity in eighteenth-century Black autobiography / Philip Gould -- Property of author : Olaudah Equiano's place in the history of the book / Vincent Carretta -- Surprizing deliverance? : slavery and freedom, language, and identity in the narrative of Briton Hammon, a Negro man / Robert Desrochers, Jr. -- On her own footing : Phillis Wheatley in freedom / Frank Shuffelton -- Thou hast the holy word : Jupiter Hammon's "regards" to Phillis Wheatley / Rosemary Fithian Guruswamy -- Ignatius Sancho's letters : sentimental libertinism and the politics of form / Markman Ellis -- Benjamin Banneker's revision of Thomas Jefferson : conscience versus science in the early American antislavery debate / William L. Andrews -- Fifth of July : Nathaniel Paul and the construction of Black nationalism / Robert S. Levine.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2001002581
ISBN	0813122031 (acid-free paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PR9341 .G46 2001	✔ Available	Place Hold