Postmodern Tales of Slavery in the Americas

Postmodern Tales of Slavery in the Americas PDF Author: Timothy J. Cox
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135719748
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 174

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Book Description
Unlike 19th century slave narratives, many recent novel-like texts about slavery deploy ironic narrative strategies, innovative structural features, and playful cruelty. This study analyzes the postmodern aesthetics common to seven tales of slavery from the United States, Martinique, and Guadeloupe, Cuba, abd Colombia from authors including Alejo Carpentier, Miguel Barnet, Toni Morrison, and Charles Johnson.