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American Lazarus - Religion and the Rise of African-American and Native American Literatures (Paperback)
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The 1780s and 1790s were a critical era for communities of color in
the new United States of America. Even Thomas Jefferson observed
that in the aftermath of the American Revolution, "the spirit of
the master is abating, that of the slave rising from the dust."
This book explores the means by which the very first Black and
Indian authors rose up to transform their communities and the
course of American literary history. It argues that the origins of
modern African-American and American Indian literatures emerged at
the revolutionary crossroads of religion and racial formation as
early Black and Indian authors reinvented American evangelicalism
and created new postslavery communities, new categories of racial
identification, and new literary traditions.
While shedding fresh light on the pioneering figures of
African-American and Native American cultural history--including
Samson Occom, Prince Hall, Richard Allen, Absalom Jones, and John
Marrant--this work also explores a powerful set of little-known
Black and Indian sermons, narratives, journals, and hymns.
Chronicling the early American communities of color from the
separatist Christian Indian settlement in upstate New York to the
first African Lodge of Freemasons in Boston, it shows how
eighteenth-century Black and Indian writers forever shaped the
American experience of race and religion. American Lazarus offers a
bold new vision of a foundational moment in American literature. It
reveals the depth of early Black and Indian intellectual history
and reassesses the political, literary, and cultural powers of
religion in America.
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Imprint: |
Oxford UniversityPress
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2007 |
First published: |
June 2007 |
Authors: |
Joanna Brooks
(Assistant Professor of English)
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Dimensions: |
230 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
272 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-19-533291-9 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-19-533291-1 |
Barcode: |
9780195332919 |
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