This volume explores African American historical fiction written by women in the last four decades of the twentieth century. Nunes' approach to the texts aims at emphasizing the narrative and thematic achievements of individual novels set in the...
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This volume explores African American historical fiction written by women in the last four decades of the twentieth century. Nunes' approach to the texts aims at emphasizing the narrative and thematic achievements of individual novels set in the context of the main trends and developments of the contemporary African American historical novel. Ana Nunes is Research Fellow at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. This volume explores African American historical fiction written by women in the last four decades of the twentieth century. Nunes's approach to the text emphasizes the narrative and thematic achievements of individual novels against the backdrop of the main trends and developments of the contemporary African American historical novel
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Cover; Titlepage; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Contexts; 2 Setting the Record Straight: Margaret Walker's Jubilee; 3 History as Birthmark: Gayl Jones's Corregidora; 4 "The Undocumentable Inside of History": Sherley Anne Williams's Dessa Rose; 5 "Her Best Thing, Her Beautiful, Magical Best Thing": Toni Morrison's Beloved and Phyllis Perry's Stigmata; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index;
