Plagiarama! - William Wells Brown and the Aesthetic of Attractions

Klappentext William Wells Brown (1814-1884) was a vocal abolitionist! a frequent antagonist of Frederick Douglass! and the author of Clotel! the first known novel by an African American. He was also an extensive plagiarist. In Plagiarama!! Geoffrey Sanborn offers a novel reading of Brown's work and legacy. Zusammenfassung William Wells Brown (1814–1884) was a vocal abolitionist, a frequent antagonist of Frederick Douglass, and the author of Clotel, the first known novel by an African American. He was also an extensive plagiarist. In Plagiarama!, Geoffrey Sanborn offers a novel reading of Brown’s work and legacy.

Product details

• Authors: Geoffrey Sanborn, Sanborn Geoffrey
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.03.2016
• EAN: 9780231174428
• ISBN: 978-0-231-17442-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literature: history and criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American & Black, Relating to African American / Black American people