Preaching the Gospel of Black Revolt : Appropriating Milton in Early African American Literature /

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"In this comparative and hybrid study, Wilburn examines the presence and influence of John Milton in a diverse array of early African American writing such as Phillis Wheatley, Frederick Douglass, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Anna Julia Cooper, Sutton E. Griggs, and others"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wilburn, Reginald A., 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh, Pa. : Duquesne University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Milton, John, > 1608-1674.
Milton, John, > 1608-1674 > Influence.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
American literature > African American authors.
American literature.
Litterature americaine > 18e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Litterature americaine > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
American literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Making "darkness visible": Milton and early African American literature
  • Phillis Wheatley's Miltonic journeys in poems on various subjects
  • Black audio-visionaries and the rise of Miltonic influence in colonial America and the Early Republic
  • Of might and men: Milton, Frederick Douglass and resistant masculinity as existential geography
  • Breaking new grounds with Milton in Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's Moses: a story of the Nile
  • Miltonic soundscapes in Anna Julia Cooper's A voice from the South
  • Returning to Milton's hell with weapons of "perfect passivity" in Sutton E. Griggs's Imperium in imperio
  • Epilogue. Malcolm X, Paradise lost, and the twentieth century infernal reader.

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