Maternal Metaphors of Power in African American Women's Literature: From Phillis Wheatley to Toni Morrison

by Geneva Cobb Moore

An in-depth examination of Black women's experiences as portrayed in literature throughout American history

Geneva Cobb Moore deftly combines literature, history, criticism, and theory in Maternal Metaphors of Power in African American Women's Literature by offering insight into the historical black experience from slavery to freedom as depicted in the literature of nine female writers across several centuries.

Moore traces...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611177480
• ISBN13: 9781611177480
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"