Between the lines: literary transnationalism and African American poetics

Through a close readings of three prolific poets, Between the Lines challenges traditional literary canons and presents an African American poetry of the Americas, one that defies national and linguistic boundaries in an effort to articulate the complex relationship between slavery and freedom in the history of the Western Hemisphere. INDICE: Preface; Introduction: What is Between the Lines(?); 1: Translations of Transnational Black Icons in the Poetics of Frances Harper; 2: Signs of Blood: Redemption Songs and American Poetry Beyond Borders; 3: Write the Vision: Gender and Nation Beyond Emancipation; 4: Prison Breaks: Modes of Escape inAuta de Souza's Poetics of Freedom; Conclusion: Where Do We Go From Here?: the Implications of Textual Migrations; Epilogue: Afrodescendente History as/andTransnational Poetics; Bibliography

• ISBN: 978-0-19-974306-3
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 320
• Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés