Author : Eric J. Sundquist
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674893313
Total Pages : 722 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis To Wake the Nations by : Eric J. Sundquist
Download or read book To Wake the Nations written by Eric J. Sundquist and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sundquist presents a major reevaluation of the formative years of American literature, 1830-1930, that shows how white and black literature constitute a single interwoven tradition. By examining African America's contested relation to the intellectual and literary forms of white culture, he reconstructs American literary tradition.