Black Atlas: Geography and Flow in Nineteenth-Century African American Literature

Judith Madera

Published by Duke University Press 2015

Black Atlas

Geography and Flow in Nineteenth-Century African American Literature

Judith Madera

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822375951

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About this book

Black Atlas presents definitive new approaches to black geography, showing how the rethinking of place and scale can galvanize the study of black literature.

Author / Editor information

Judith Madera is Associate Professor of English and Environmental Studies at Wake Forest University.

Reviews

"...an illuminating study of place and place-making."

-- James S. Finley Transfers

"Simply put: Black Atlas flows. It is not narratively or conceptually simplistic—far from it ... Madera conducts readers through fluid valences of locale, terrain at once domestic, international, human, and economic."

-- Regis M. Fox Studies in the Novel

"Black Atlas provides a series of inspiring new approaches to earlier African American literature while demonstrating the diverse interpretive possibilities available through a geographically attuned literary criticism."

-- Martha Schoolman Journal of American History

"Making a compelling case for geography as flow (as well as geography and flow) in this examination of African American contributions to literature, Madera provides new insights into the complexities of 'place' that apply to any consideration of the relation between humans and their environments. Highly recommended."

-- S. Petersheim Choice

"Madera’s book illuminates numerous fascinating literary histories that would on their own make Black Atlas a treasure. But she does far more, which is to incisively theorize the relationship between the spatial imagination and literature. Her introduction is a stunning primer on key debates about geography that cuts across the fields of philosophy, literature, and cultural studies; it is essential reading for any literary scholar interested in place and space."

-- Mary Caton Lingold American Literature

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction: On Meaningful Worlds Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. National Geographic: The Writings of William Wells Brown Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
Chapter 2. Indigenes of Territory: Martin Delany and James Beckwourth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
Chapter 3. This House of Gathering: Axis Americanus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
Chapter 4. Civic Geographies and Intentional Communities Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Chapter 5. Creole Heteroglossia: Counter-Regionalism and the New Orleans Short Fiction of Alice Dunbar-Nelson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
Epilogue. Post Scale: Place as Emergence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285

Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 312
Illustrations
- Other: 12 illustrations

eBook

Published: June 19, 2015
ISBN: 9780822375951