Preaching the Gospel of Black Revolt: Appropriating Milton in Early African American Literature

by Reginald A. Wilburn

Book Overview

In this comparative and hybrid study, Reginald A. Wilburn offers the first scholarly work to theorize African American authors' rebellious appropriations of Milton and his canon. Wilburn engages African Americans' transatlantic negotiations with perhaps the preeminent freedom writer in the English tradition.

Preaching the Gospel of Black Revolt contends that early African American authors appropriated and remastered Milton by completing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271087293
• ISBN13: 9780271087290
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 406 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"