William Styron's Nat Turner
by John Henrik Clarke, John Henrick Clarke, John Henrik Clarke · 1968
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Ten black writers review and criticize Styron's book, which they call a distortion of Nat Turner's character, in this response which includes the text of the original confessions.
African Americans in literatureAmerican Biographical fictionBiographical fiction, AmericanConfession in literatureHistory and criticismIn literatureLiterature and the insurrectionSlavery in literatureSouthampton Insurrection, 1831Confessions of Nat Turner (Styron, William)Southampton Insurrection (1831) fast (OCoLC)fst01127265Literature