From Behind the Veil - A STUDY OF AFRO-AMERICAN NARRATIVE (Paperback, 2 Rev Ed)


This pioneering study of Afro-American narrative is far more critical, historical, and textual than biographical, chronological, and atextual. Robert Stepto asserts that Afro-American culture has its store of canonical stories or pregeneric myths, the primary one being the quest for freedom and literacy. This second edition includes a new preface and an afterward entitled "Distrust of the Reader in Afro-American Narratives."

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This pioneering study of Afro-American narrative is far more critical, historical, and textual than biographical, chronological, and atextual. Robert Stepto asserts that Afro-American culture has its store of canonical stories or pregeneric myths, the primary one being the quest for freedom and literacy. This second edition includes a new preface and an afterward entitled "Distrust of the Reader in Afro-American Narratives."

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Imprint

University of Illinois Press

Country of origin

United States

Release date

June 1991

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First published

June 1991

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Dimensions

229 x 152 x 33mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback

Pages

248

Edition

2 Rev Ed

ISBN-13

978-0-252-06211-7

Barcode

9780252062117

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LSN

0-252-06211-6



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