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Self-Discovery and Authority in Afro-American Narrative

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Self-Discovery and Authority in Afro-American Narrative - Smith, Valerie
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It is by telling the stories of their lives that black writers affirm and legitimize their autonomy. So Smith argues in this exploration of the relationship between autobiography and fiction in Afro-American writing. Smith sees plot construction and characterization as providing these narrators with a measure of authority unknown in their lives.

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Self-Discovery and Authority in Afro-American Narrative 1991, Harvard University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9780674800885

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Self-Discovery and Authority in Afro-American Narrative 1987, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA

ISBN-13: 9780674800878

Hardcover