From Behind the Veil: A Study of Afro-American Narrative

By Robert B. Stepto

Book Overview

This pioneering study of Afro-American narrative is far more critical, historical, and textual than biographical, chronological, and atextual. Robert Stepto asserts that Afro-American culture has its store of canonical stories or pregeneric myths, the primary one being the quest for freedom and literacy. This second edition includes a new preface and an afterward entitled "Distrust of the Reader in Afro-American Narratives."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252062116
• ISBN13: 9780252062117
• Release Date: June 1991
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"