On freedom and the will to adorn : the art of the African American essay /

"Beginning with the sermons, orations, and writing of nineteenth-century men and women like Frederick Douglass who laid the foundation for the African American essay, Wall examines the genre's evolution through the Harlem Renaissance. She then turns her attention to four writers she regard...

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Main Author: Wall, Cheryl A. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
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Call Number: PS153.N5W328 2018