Martin Delany, Frederick Douglass, and the politics of representative identity, Robert S. Levine
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Martin Delany, Frederick Douglass, and the politics of representative identity, Robert S. Levine
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non fiction
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Martin Delany, Frederick Douglass, and the politics of representative identity
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Robert S. Levine
Summary
The differences between Frederick Douglass and Martin Delany have historically been reduced to a simple binary pronouncement: assimilationist versus separatist. Now Robert S. Levine restores the relationship of these two important nineteenth-century African American writers to its original complexity. He explores their debates over issues like abolitionism, emigration, and nationalism, illuminating each man's influence on the other's political vision. He also examines Delany and Douglass's debates in relation to their own writings and to the work of Harriet Beecher Stowe. Though each saw himself as the single best representative of his race, Douglass has been accorded that role by history--while Delany, according to Levine, has suffered a fate typical of the black separatist: marginalization. In restoring Delany to his place in literary and cultural history, Levine makes possible a fuller understanding of the politics of antebellum African American leadership
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adult
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- United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century
- Slavery in literature
- Group identity in literature
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- North star (Rochester, N.Y.)
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
- African Americans in literature
- American prose literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
- Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Delany, Martin Robison, 1812-1885
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- United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century
- Slavery in literature
- Group identity in literature
- Electronic books
- North star (Rochester, N.Y.)
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
- African Americans in literature
- American prose literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
- Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Delany, Martin Robison, 1812-1885
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