The Black Middle Ages Race and the Construction of the Middle Ages /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Vernon, Matthew X. (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: The New Middle Ages
• Θέματα: Literature, Medieval.; America-Literatures.; Literature, Modern-19th century.; Comparative literature.; Medieval Literature.; North American Literature.; Nineteenth-Century Literature.; Comparative Literature.

The Black Middle Ages examines the influence of medieval studies on African-American thought. Matthew X. Vernon focuses on nineteenth century uses of medieval texts to structure racial identity, but also considers the flexibility of medieval narratives more broadly in the medieval period, twentieth...

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