000308787 000__ 02080cam\a2200385\a\45\0 000308787 001__ 308787 000308787 005__ 20210513113134.0 000308787 008__ 961220s1997\\\\nyu\\\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000308787 010__ $$a 96053974 000308787 020__ $$a0231080956 (pbk. : alk. paper) 000308787 020__ $$a0231080948 (alk. paper) 000308787 020__ $$a9780231080958 (pbk. : alk. paper) 000308787 020__ $$a9780231080941 (alk. paper) 000308787 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocm36159536 000308787 035__ $$a308787 000308787 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dCWS$$dLVB$$dBAKER$$dNLGGC 000308787 043__ $$an-us--- 000308787 049__ $$aISEA 000308787 05000 $$aPS153.N5$$bZ34 1997 000308787 08200 $$a810.9/896073$$221 000308787 1001_ $$aZafar, Rafia. 000308787 24510 $$aWe wear the mask :$$bAfrican Americans write American literature, 1760-1870 /$$cRafia Zafar. 000308787 260__ $$aNew York :$$bColumbia University Press,$$cc1997. 000308787 300__ $$axi, 249 p. ;$$c23 cm. 000308787 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 223-241) and index. 000308787 5050_ $$aIntroduction: of masks, mimicry, and invisibility - Sable patriots and modern Egyptians: Phillis Wheatley, Joel Barlow, and Ann Eliza Bleecker -- Capturing the captivity: African Americans among the Puritans -- Enslaving the saved: the narratives of Henry Bibb and William Wells Brown -- "It is natural to believe in great men." -- The blackwoman in the attic -- Dressing up and dressing down: Elizabeth Keckley's Behind the scenes at the White House and Eliza Potter's A hairdresser's experience in high life -- Conclusion: the beginning of African American literature. 000308787 650_0 $$aAmerican literature$$xAfrican American authors$$xHistory and criticism. 000308787 650_0 $$aAmerican literature$$yColonial period, ca. 1600-1775$$xHistory and criticism. 000308787 650_0 $$aAmerican literature$$yRevolutionary period, 1775-1783$$xHistory and criticism. 000308787 650_0 $$aAmerican literature$$y19th century$$xHistory and criticism. 000308787 650_0 $$aAmerican literature$$y1783-1850$$xHistory and criticism. 000308787 650_0 $$aAfrican Americans$$xIntellectual life$$y18th century. 000308787 650_0 $$aAfrican Americans$$xIntellectual life$$y19th century. 000308787 650_0 $$aAfrican Americans in literature. 000308787 85200 $$bgen$$hPS153.N5$$iZ34$$i1997 000308787 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:308787$$pGLOBAL_SET 000308787 980__ $$aBIB 000308787 980__ $$aBOOK 000308787 994__ $$aC0$$bISE