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OverviewIn this comprehensive volume of the collected writings of James Monroe Whitfield (1822-71), Robert S. Levine and Ivy G. Wilson restore this African American poet, abolitionist, and intellectual to his rightful place in the arts and politics of the nineteenth-century United States. Whitfield's works, including poems from his celebrated America and Other Poems (1853), were printed in influential journals and newspapers, such as Frederick Douglass's The North Star . A champion of the black emigration movement during the 1850s, Whitfield was embraced by African Americans as a black nationalist bard when he moved from his longtime home in Buffalo, New York, to California in the early 1860s. However, by the beginning of the twentieth century, his reputation had faded. For this volume, Levine and Wilson gathered and annotated all of Whitfield's extant writings, both poetry and prose, and many pieces are reprinted here for the first time since their original publication. In their thorough introduction, the editors situate Whitfield in relation to key debates on black nationalism in African American culture, underscoring the importance of poetry and periodical culture to black writing during the period. |Levine and Wilson restore James Monroe Whitfield (1822-71), the African American poet, abolitionist, and intellectual, to his rightful place in the arts and politics of the nineteenth-century United States. This volume contains all of Whitfield's extant writings, both poetry and prose, and many pieces are reprinted here for the first time since their original publication. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ivy G. Wilson , Ivy G. Wilson , Ivy WilsonPublisher: The University of North Carolina Press Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.393kg ISBN: 9780807871782ISBN 10: 0807871788 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 01 February 2011 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThis is a long overdue edition of Whitfield's powerful and sophisticated prose, from his searing poetry to his memorable and probing political writings. Thanks to Levine and Wilson, Whitfield's writing and ideas are poised to impact twenty-first century considerations of American ideas, political debates, and literary tradition that are central to our understanding of American culture, history, and identity. --Lois Brown, author of Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins: Black Daughter of the Revolution <br> Their introduction is extremely significant for insightfully locating Whitfield in his own time and in relation to debates around black nationalism, opening a new perspective on Whitfield that in most cases will introduce readers to Whitfield's work for the first time.--<i>The Year's Work in English Studies</i> Through their impeccable scholarship, Levine and Wilson effectively locate Whitfield as a significant figure. . . . A valuable resource for engaging with and rethinking nineteenth-century African American literary thought in order to include James M. Whitfield. - Resources for American Literary Study Author InformationRobert S. Levine is professor of English at the University of Maryland and author or editor of eleven books, including Martin Delany, Frederick Douglass, and the Politics of Representative Identity and Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Dred (both from the University of North Carolina Press). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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