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9780810824799

Jupiter Hammon and the Biblical Beginnings of African-American Literature

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  • ISBN13:

    9780810824799

  • ISBN10:

    0810824795

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1993-05-01
  • Publisher: Scarecrow Press
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Summary

Not often does a literary analysis offer clarification and insight of prevailing historical analysis. But that is precisely what O'Neale's analysis does... --Cynthia Hamilton, Director, African and Afro-American Studies, University of Rhode Island

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Editor's Foreword
Editorial Procedure
Introduction: The First Black Writer in Americap. 1
An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ, with Penitential Cries
Introduction: The Birth of Black Literature and Theologyp. 41
"An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ, with Penitential Cries"p. 59
An Address to Miss Phillis Wheatley
Introduction: A Literary Heritage and a Prophetic Callp. 66
"An Address to Miss Phillis Wheatley"p. 75
A Winter Piece
Introduction: Black Consciousness and the Colonial Spiritp. 83
A Winter Piecep. 97
A Poem for Children with Thoughts on Death
Introduction: Hope for All of God's Childrenp. 134
"A Poem for Children with Thoughts on Death"p. 142
An Evening's Improvement
Introduction: Two Visions, Two Wars, Two Judgmentsp. 148
An Evening's Improvementp. 160
A Dialogue, Entitled, The Kind Master and Dutiful Servant
Introduction: Veneer and Realityp. 191
"A Dialogue, Entitled The Kind Master and Dutiful Servants"p. 205
An Address to the Negroes in the State of New York
Introduction: The Elder Advises: The Younger Misjudgesp. 212
An Address to the Negroes in the State of New Yorkp. 230
List of Works Citedp. 253
Indexp. 275
About the Authorp. 291
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