Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Afterimages of slavery Afterimages of slavery Marlene D. Allen,Seretha D. Williams "Since the election of President Barack Obama, many pundits have declared that we are living in a "post-racial America," a culture where the legacy of slavery has been erased. The essays in this coll… OL16531669W
The rediscovered writings of Rose Wilder Lane, literary journalist The rediscovered writings of Rose Wilder Lane, literary journalist Rose Wilder Lane "Famous as the editor of her mother's Little House books, Rose Wilder Lane worked for fifty years as a literary journalist, traveling widely and commenting on a broad range of topics. Amy Mattson Lau… OL2709962W
This stubborn self This stubborn self Bert Almon "According to Bert Almon, Texas autobiographies reveal as much about the state as about their authors, recording geography and history, economic, social and religious practices. A. sense of place dis… OL2724858W
Out there Out there Darryl Pinckney "Darryl Pinckney, the acclaimed author of the novel High Cotton and iconoclast known for his writings in The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker and elsewhere, affirms the literary power of the … OL3097960W
1870 1870 Joseph Fichtelberg "A crucial addition to American literary criticism on sentimental literature, Critical Fictions is a groundbreaking analysis of the relations between commercial and sentimental discourses in early Am… OL4782235W
Impossible witnesses Impossible witnesses Dwight A. McBride Black literary production during the 19th century was dominated by the issues of slavery, racial subjugation, abolitionist politics and liberation. This book examines how those authors bore witness t… OL5714029W
Writing the pioneer woman Writing the pioneer woman Janet Floyd "Focusing on a series of autobiographical texts published and private, well known and obscure, Writing the Pioneer Woman examines the writing of domestic life on the nineteenth-century North American… OL5955941W
Invisible fences Invisible fences Steven Monte 298 p. ; 24 cm OL7796896W