The Negro author : his development in America to 1900 / by Vernon Loggins
1959, Facsimile Edition. Port Washington, N.Y. : Kennikat Press. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #429687
Physical description; ix, 480 pages ; 22 cm. Notes; Issued also as thesis, Columbia University, 1921. Includes index. "Bibliographies": pages 408-457. Contents; The beginnings of Negro authorship, 1760-1790 -- Writings of the pioneer racial leaders, 1790-1840 -- Biography, poetry, and miscellaneous writings, 1790-1840 -- Writings of the leading Negro antislavery agents, 1840-1865 -- Writings of the racial leaders, 1840-1865 -- Biography, poetry, and miscellaneous writings, 1840-1865 -- Biography, history, sociological treatises, oratory, and theology, 1865-1900 -- Fiction and poetry, 1865-1900. Subjects; 1700-1899. American literature African American authors History and criticism. American literature African American authors ; Bibliography. African Americans Intellectual life 19th century. African Americans Intellectual life 18th century. American literature African influences.
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