Victims and Heroes: Racial Violence in the African American Novel
- ISBN-10
- 1558490949
- ISBN-13
- 9781558490949
- Category
- Literary Criticism / American / African American & Black
- Pages
- 374
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Author
- Jerry H. Bryant
Description
"An original piece of criticism and intellectual history that illuminates the significance of the treatment of violence in the African-American literary tradition". -- Herbert Shapiro
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