University of Illinois Press
To Tell a Free Story: The First Century of Afro-American Autobiography, 1760-1865
Key Metrics
- William L Andrews
- University of Illinois Press
- Paperback
- 9780252060335
- 8.98 X 5.9 X 1.22 inches
- 1.18 pounds
- Biography & Autobiography > Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
Author Bio
Dr. William L. Andrews is E. Maynard Adams Professor of English in UNC's College of Arts and Sciences. Professor Andrews has authored or edited more than 40 books on a wide range of African American literature and culture. He has won fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Council of Learned Societies and the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences.
His first book, "The Literary Career of Charles W. Chesnutt" (1980), deals with a seminal figure in the development of African American and Southern American prose fiction.
"The Norton Anthology of African American Literature" (1997), "The Oxford Companion to African American Literature" (1997) and "The Literature of the American South: A Norton Anthology" (1997), are three big collaborative projects that he has co-edited.
Andrews is series editor of "North American Slave Narratives, Beginnings to 1920" (http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh), a complete digitized library of autobiographies and biographies of North American slaves and ex-slaves, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, Ameritech and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He continues to study the historical linkages between white and black writers in the formation of American literature, African American literature and Southern literature.
Research Interests
Southern LiteratureAmerican Literature to 1900African American LiteratureSlaveryDigital Humanities
Education
Education
- B.A., 1968, Davidson College
- M.A., 1970, Ph.D., 1973, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Source: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Videos
Community reviews
Write a ReviewNo Community reviews