Blacks in Eden: The African American Novel's First Century

By J. Lee Greene

Book Overview

This work examines African-American fiction, discussing how African-American novelists worked with the same mythic materials as their white counterparts, but inverted Anglo-American constructions. Relating the novel to history, it shows how they refuted Anglo-Americans' record of history.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813916712
• ISBN13: 9780813916712
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher