Title Forgotten readers : recovering the lost history of African American literary societies / Elizabeth McHenry

Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 423 pages) : illustrations Series New Americanists New Americanists. e-Duke books scholarly collection. Contents "Dreaded eloquence": the origins and rise of African American literary societies -- Spreading the word: the cultural work of the Black press -- Literary coalitions in the age of Washington -- Reading, writing, and reform in the women's era -- Georgia Douglas Johnson and the Saturday nighters Summary Recovers the history of nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century African American reading societies Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-400) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL ALA Black Caucus Award, 2003 (Nonfiction) Subject American literature -- African American authors -- Appreciation -- United States 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. Literature -- Societies, etc. LITERARY CRITICISM -- Books & Reading. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- African American. African Americans -- Books and reading African Americans in literature African Americans -- Intellectual life American literature American literature -- African American authors Literature -- Societies, etc. Literarische Gesellschaft Letterkundige genootschappen. Zwarten. American literature -- African American authors -- Appreciation -- United States. 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. Literature -- Societies, etc. United States Schwärze USA Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book LC no. 2002004448 ISBN 9780822384144 0822384140

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