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Charles T. Davis lecture, "The Art of the Slave Narrative," at the University of Iowa, June 19, 1974

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Recorded June 19, 1974, as part of the Sixth Annual Institute on Afro-American culture held at the University of Iowa. Speaking on the art of the slave narrative is Professor Charles T. Davis, Professor of English and chairman of Afro-American Studies at Yale University. Making the introduction is Professor Darwin Turner, chairman of the Afro-American Studies Department at the University of Iowa. Contact the University of Iowa Archives at https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/contact/ Open Reel digitized by The MediaPreserve with Studer 1/4" Open Reel Reproducer to uncompressed 24-bit/96 kHz WAV file.
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Keywords

  1. Drama
  2. Fiction
  3. Poetry
  4. Slaver
  5. Slaves

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