The Confessions of Nat Turner (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: William Styron
- First Published: 1967
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Historical fiction, Novel
- Subjects: African Americans, Virginia, Blacks, Murder or homicide, South or Southerners, Nineteenth century, Slavery or slaves, Revolutions, Religion, Christianity, Massacres, Biography
- Locales: Virginia
When The Confessions of Nat Turner first appeared, it was acclaimed as breakthrough both in fiction and in race relations. A white southerner, steeped in the history of his region, had boldly entered the mind of a black slave, according him the dignity of an articulate voice and making him into a modern hero. Certainly, Styron's Turner is cruel in his taking of close to sixty lives, but he is nevertheless the poet of the aspirations of a people. Early reviews lauded the language and the sympathy with which Styron presented the story.
Soon, though, a group of African...
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