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- African American Literature in Transition, 1830–1850
- African American Literature in Transition
- African American Literature in Transition, 1830–1850
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chronology, 1830–1850
- Introduction
- Part I Local Transitions
- Chapter 1 Antebellum Literary Societies, Polite Learning, and Traditions of Modernity
- Chapter 2 “By a Young Lady of Color”
- Chapter 3 The Poetics of Education in Antebellum New Orleans
- Chapter 4 Gentility, Resistance, and Nat Turner’s Rebellion in Early African American Poetry
- Part II National Transitions
- Part III Transnational Transitions
- Index
Chapter 1 - Antebellum Literary Societies, Polite Learning, and Traditions of Modernity
from Part I - Local Transitions
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Book contents
- African American Literature in Transition, 1830–1850
- African American Literature in Transition
- African American Literature in Transition, 1830–1850
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chronology, 1830–1850
- Introduction
- Part I Local Transitions
- Chapter 1 Antebellum Literary Societies, Polite Learning, and Traditions of Modernity
- Chapter 2 “By a Young Lady of Color”
- Chapter 3 The Poetics of Education in Antebellum New Orleans
- Chapter 4 Gentility, Resistance, and Nat Turner’s Rebellion in Early African American Poetry
- Part II National Transitions
- Part III Transnational Transitions
- Index
Summary
This chapter looks closely at how literary societies in New York and Philadelphia served as engines of the creation of a particular kind of Black modernity, as expressed in the speeches, essays, and poetry of the members of such societies.
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- African American Literature in Transition, 1830–1850 , pp. 13 - 39Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021