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Chapter 2 - The Circulation of Early Black Atlantic Literature

from Part I - Limits and Liberties of Early Black Print Culture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

Rhondda Robinson Thomas
Affiliation:
Clemson University, South Carolina
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This chapter argues that textual fluidity may be understood as a fundamental component of early Black Atlantic literature, texts orally related or written by individuals of African descent, predominately those first published before 1800. Early Black Atlantic orators and writers revised their texts for various purposes; nonauthorial subjects also regularly altered the literature for a variety of reasons. New – and needed – discoveries concerning the publishing and reception histories of early Black Atlantic literature emerge when unauthorized, posthumous, and abridged editions are studied with the same rigor as authorized editions. By employing this approach, Lamore offers fresh insights on the publishing histories of John Marrant’s, Olaudah Equiano’s, and Venture Smith’s autobiographical narratives.

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Print publication year: 2022

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