Slavery and the Literary Imagination Lorenz B. Puntel Unparalleled in scope

Unparalleled in scope

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Slavery and the Literary Imagination Lorenz B. Puntel Unparalleled in scopeSeven noted scholars examine slave narratives and the topic of slavery in American literature, from Frederick Douglass's Narrative (1845) treated in chapters by James Olney and William L. Andrews to Sheley Anne William's ''Dessa Rose'' (1984). Among the contributors, Arnold Rampersad reads W. E. B. DuBois's classic work ''The Souls of Black Folk'' (1903) as a response to Booker T. Washington's ''Up from Slavery'' (1901). Hazel V. Carby examines novels