This book restores the slaves' songs to their rightful place in American literature for their intrinsic value as lyric poetry, and as a touchstone of the American imagination.
Language
English
Pages
216
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Release
January 15, 2008
ISBN
1403975698
ISBN 13
9781403975690
Slave Songs and the Birth of African American Poetry
This book restores the slaves' songs to their rightful place in American literature for their intrinsic value as lyric poetry, and as a touchstone of the American imagination.