From its very beginning, African American drama has borne witness to the creative power of the slaves to maintain their human dignity as well as to fashion a co

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Focuses on how nuances of poetic form alter how we have come to understand cultural aspects of time. Figures of Time proposes radically new ideas about the very

Literary scholar Michael A. Chaney examines graphic novels to illustrate that in form and function they inform readers on how they ought to be read. His argumen