Title Between the lines : literary transnationalism and African American poetics / by Monique-Adelle Callahan

Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 183 pages) Series Imagining the Americas Imagining the Americas. Contents What is between the lines -- Translations of transnational black icons in the poetics of Frances Harper -- Signs of blood: redemption songs and "American" poetry beyond borders -- Write the vision: gender and nation beyond emancipation -- Prison breaks: modes of escape in Auta de Souza's poetics of freedom -- Where do we go from here?: the implications of textual migrations -- Afrodescendente history as/and transnational poetics Summary This work examines the role of women poets of African descent in shaping the history of the Americas. Focusing on three women whose poetry wrestled with the sociopolitical predicaments of the late 19th century, the book ventures a broader definition of African American literature by placing it in a hemispheric context Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, 1825-1911 -- Criticism and interpretation Ayala, Cristina, 1856- -- Criticism and interpretation Souza, Auta de, 1876-1901 -- Criticism and interpretation SUBJECT Ayala, Cristina, 1856- fast Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, 1825-1911 fast Souza, Auta de, 1876-1901 fast Subject Poetry -- Black authors. Transnationalism in literature. Poetics -- History Slavery in literature. Postcolonialism in literature. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary. Poetics Poetry -- Black authors Postcolonialism in literature Slavery in literature Transnationalism in literature SUBJECT America -- Literatures -- 19th century -- History and criticism Subject America Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780199876693 019987669X 9780199895021 0199895023

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