An account of the location of black intellectuals in the modern world following the end of racial slavery. The lives and writings of key African Americans such

This book extends our understanding of the black Atlantic, a term coined by Paul Gilroy to describe the political, cultural and creative interrelations among bl

“How African-American artists and intellectuals sought greater liberty in Paris while also questioning the extent of the freedoms they so publicly praised.”

Many African diasporic novelists and poets allude to or cite archival documents in their writings, foregrounding the elements of archival research and data in t

Romance, Diaspora, and Black Atlantic Literature offers a rich, interdisciplinary treatment of modern black literature and cultural history, showing how debates