Visualizing Blackness and the Creation of the African American Literary Tradition

Visualizing Blackness and the Creation of the African American Literary TraditionNegative stereotypes of African Americans have long been disseminated through the visual arts. This original and incisive study examines how black writers use visual tropes as literary devices to challenge readers' conceptions of black identity. Lena Hill charts two hundred years of African American literary history, from Phillis Wheatley to Ralph Ellison, and engages with a variety of canonical and lesser known writers. Chapters interweave literary

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