{"product_id":"the-black-atlantic-reconsidered-winfried-siemerling-9780773545083","title":"The Black Atlantic Reconsidered: Black Canadian Writing, Cultural History, and the Presence of the Past","description":"\u003cp\u003eReaders are often surprised to learn that black writing in Canada is over two centuries old. Ranging from letters, editorials, sermons, and slave narratives to contemporary novels, plays, poetry, and non-fiction, black Canadian writing represents a rich body of literary and cultural achievement. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Black Atlantic Reconsidered \u003c\/i\u003eis the first comprehensive work to explore black Canadian literature from its beginnings to the present in the broader context of the black Atlantic world. Winfried Siemerling traces the evolution of black Canadian witnessing and writing from slave testimony in New France and the 1783 \"Book of Negroes\" through the work of contemporary black Canadian writers including George Elliott Clarke, Austin Clarke, Dionne Brand, David Chariandy, Wayde Compton, Esi Edugyan, Marlene NourbeSe Philip, and Lawrence Hill. Arguing that black writing in Canada is deeply imbricated in a historic transnational network, Siemerling explores the powerful presence of black Canadian history, slavery, and the Underground Railroad, and the black diaspora in the work of these authors. Individual chapters examine the literature that has emerged from Quebec, Nova Scotia, the Prairies, and British Columbia, with attention to writing in both English and French. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA major survey of black writing and cultural production, \u003ci\u003eThe Black Atlantic Reconsidered \u003c\/i\u003ebrings into focus important works that shed light not only on Canada's literature and history, but on the transatlantic black diaspora and modernity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Winfried Siemerling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0773545085\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780773545083\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McGill-Queen's University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/08\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.40d","brand":"Winfried Siemerling","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49096713928959,"sku":"9780773545083","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-black-atlantic-reconsidered-winfried-siemerling-9780773545083","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}