Joanna Brooks, American Lazarus: Religion and the Rise of African and Native American Literatures

Authors

Eileen Elrod, Santa Clara UniversityFollow

Document Type

Book Review

Publication Date

2005

Publisher

MIT Press

Abstract

One might imagine Joanna Brooks's American Lazarus: Religion and the Rise of African-American and Native American Literatures in the tradition of Jones and Allen's historical record straightening. Her detailed, lucidly presented narrative of contexts, communities, and texts (including that of Jones and Allen) is notable not only for its thorough explication of

Comments

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Recommended Citation

Elrod, Eileen. Review: Joanna Brooks, American Lazarus: Religion and the Rise of African and Native American Literatures. New England Quarterly 78 (2005): 486-88.