01905nam a2200397 a 4500 EDZ0000077268 StDuBDS 20150804193948.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 110509s2011 nyu fo| 001 0 eng d 9780199895021 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS PN841 809.1989607 22 Callahan, Monique-Adelle. Between the lines [electronic resource] : literary transnationalism and African American poetics / Monique-Adelle Callahan. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. 1 online resource. Imagining the Americas This work examines the role of women poets of African descent in shaping the history of the Americas. Focusing on three women whose poetry wrestled with the sociopolitical predicaments of the late 19th century, the book ventures a broader definition of African American literature by placing it in a hemispheric context. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 11, 2011). Includes bibliographical references and index. Poetry Black authors. America Literatures History and criticism. Transnationalism in literature. Poetics History. Slavery in literature. Postcolonialism in literature. Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, 1825-1911 Criticism and interpretation. Ayala, Cristina, b. 1856 Criticism and interpretation. Souza, Auta de, 1876-1901 Criticism and interpretation. Print version 9780199743063 Imagining the Americas. Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199743063.001.0001 38563 38563