The Black Atlantic Reconsidered: Black Canadian Writing, Cultural History, and the Presence of the Past

The Black Atlantic Reconsidered Is The First Comprehensive Work To Explore Black Canadian Literature From Its Beginnings To The Present In The Broader Context Of The Black Atlantic World. Winfried Siemerling Traces The Evolution Of Black Canadian Witnessing And Writing From Slave Testimony In New France And The 1783 Book Of Negroe Through The Work Of Contemporary Black Canadian Writers ...-- Provided By Publishers Introduction: Modernity And Canadian Time-spaces Of The Black Atlantic -- Slavery And Early Black Canadian Writing -- The Black Canadian Nineteenth Century -- Slavery, The Black Canadian Nineteenth Century, And Caribbean Contexts In Contemporary Black Canadian Writing -- Other Black Canadas -- Coda: Other Canadas, Other Americas, The Black Atlantic Reconsidered. Winfried Siemerling. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 485-522) And Index. Issued Also In Electronic Format.