African American literature in the years between 1800 and 1830 emerged from significant transitions in the cultural, technological, and political circulation of

This volume charts the ways in which African American literature fosters transitions between material cultures and contexts from 1830 to 1850, and showcases wor

This volume provides an illuminating exploration of the development of early African American literature from an African diasporic perspective—in Africa, Engl

This book analyses historical, literary, and cultural shifts in African American literature from the 1920s-1930s.