Browsing by Subject "Black Atlantic"
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"No More Shall Be a Dull Book": The Aesthetics of History in Antebellum America
(2014)In the first half of the nineteenth century, historians in the United States described their work as an aesthetic practice. The romantic nationalist George Bancroft claimed that historical writing ought to provide readers ... -
Sonic Records: Listening to Early Afro-Atlantic Literature and Music, 1650-1850
(2017)“Sonic Records” explores representations of early African diasporic musical life in literature. Rooted in an effort to recover the early history of an influential arts movement, the project also examines literature and sound ...
