Criminal Genius in African American and Us Literature, 1793-1845

Erin Forbes (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

248 Seiten

2024
Johns Hopkins University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4214-4376-8 (ISBN)

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How did creative genius develop in tandem with the criminalization of Blackness in the early United States?

In Criminal Genius in African American and US Literature, 1793–1845, Erin Forbes uncovers a model of racialized, collective agency in American literature and culture. Identifying creative genius in the figure of the convict, the zombie, the outlaw, the insurgent, and the fugitive, Forbes deepens our understanding of the historical relationship between criminality and Blackness and reestablishes the importance of the aesthetic in early African American literature.

Erin Forbes is a senior lecturer in English at the University of Bristol.

Acknowledgments
Introduction. "Nourished in Vice"
Chapter 1. Zombies of Civic Virtue
Chapter 2. The Convict's Corpus
Chapter 3. Outlaw Humanism
Chapter 4. The Southampton Insurgency
Chapter 5. Fugitive Aesthetics
Conclusion. New Forms of Crime
Notes
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	16.01.2024
Zusatzinfo	Line drawings, black and white; 22 Halftones, black and white
Verlagsort	Baltimore, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	372 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-4214-4376-7 / 1421443767
ISBN-13	978-1-4214-4376-8 / 9781421443768
Zustand	Neuware