Runaway Genres: The Global Afterlives of Slavery

by Yogita Goyal

Book Overview

Winner, 2021 Ren Wellek Prize, given by the American Comparative Literature Association

Winner, 2021 Barbara Perkins and George Perkins Award, given by the International Society for the Study of Narrative

Honorable Mention, 2020 James Russell Lowell Prize, given by the Modern Language Association

Argues that the slave narrative is a new world literary genre

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479832715
• ISBN13: 9781479832712
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"