{"product_id":"mythic-black-fiction-jane-campbell-9780870495939","title":"Mythic Black Fiction: The Transformation of History","description":"\u003cp\u003eCampbell examines Black literature as it seeks to reverse and supplant the various dehumanizing myths promulgated by White American culture. Analyzing fourteen literary works written over more than a century, Campbell shows that this fiction permits Black authors to act as revisionist historians, offering a transcendent view of the future through an exploration of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn searching for rhetorical devices, according to Campbell, Black writers often draw on elements of myth that by definition articulate a culture's most profound perceptions and can be used in fiction to awaken readers' deepest urges.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In a substantial work of literary history, Jane Campbell undertakes to reassess 14 Afro-American historical novels, which 'encapsulate' the realities of various periods: slavery, post-Reconstruction, and the decades leading up to the eighties. . . . This book is worth reading by any student of Afro-American literary history.\" -Cheryl Clarke, \u003ci\u003eThe Black Scholar\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"It is an important study which will enable us to better understand the full range of Afro-American literature.\" -Thomas F. Gossett, \u003ci\u003eGeorgia Historical Quarterly.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jane Campbell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0870495933\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780870495939\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Tennessee Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.48h x 5.55w x 0.63d","brand":"Jane Campbell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48435710296319,"sku":"9780870495939","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6c180d8e-c6a3-48ac-8c4d-2d892331f3ae.jpg?v=1777152188","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mythic-black-fiction-jane-campbell-9780870495939","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}