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The intricate knot : Black figures in American literature, 1776-1863

Title
The intricate knot : Black figures in American literature, 1776-1863 / Jean Fagan Yellin.
Author
Yellin, Jean Fagan.
Publication
New York : New York University Press, 1972.

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Description
ix, 260 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
  • 1700-1899
  • Geschichte 1776-1863
  • African Americans in literature
  • American literature > Revolutionary period, 1775-1783 > History and criticism
  • American literature > 19th century > History and criticism
  • African Americans > History > 19th century
  • African Americans > History > 18th century
  • African Americans
  • American literature
  • American literature > Revolutionary period (United States)
  • Intellectual life
  • Literatur
  • Schwarze Motiv
  • United States > Intellectual life > 18th century
  • United States > Intellectual life > 19th century
  • United States
  • USA
  • Schwarze (Motiv)
  • USA
Genre/Form
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 232-251.
Contents
The problem -- Jefferson's notes -- Plantation visions and revisions -- George Tucker -- James Kirke Paulding -- John Pendleton Kennedy -- William Gilmore Simms -- Abolitionist views -- Richard Hildreth -- Harriet Beecher Stowe -- William Wells Brown -- An insurrectionist perspective -- Nat Turner/Martin Robison Delany -- The problem restated -- Melville's "Benito Cereno."
ISBN
  • 0814796508
  • 9780814796504
  • 0814796516
  • 9780814796511
LCCN
72076556
OCLC
  • ocm00505090
  • 505090
  • SCSB-250443
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library