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The Resource Flight to Canada, a novel by Ishmael Reed
Flight to Canada, a novel by Ishmael Reed
Resource Information
The item Flight to Canada, a novel by Ishmael Reed represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Calgary Public Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
Resource Information
The item Flight to Canada, a novel by Ishmael Reed represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Calgary Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Summary
- "Ishmael Reed's parody of slave narratives the classical literature of the African American tradition which redefined the neo-slave genre and launched a lucrative academic industry. Some parodies are as necessary as the books they answer. Such is the case with Flight to Canada, Ishmael Reed's scathing, offbeat response to conventional anti-slavery novels such as Uncle Tom's Cabin. Though Flight to Canada has been classified by some as a post race novel, the villains and the heroes are clear. Three slaves are on the run from the Swille plantation. Among them, the most hotly pursued is Raven Quickskill, a poet who seeks freedom in Canada, and ultimately hopes to return and liberate others. But this particular Civil War era landscape is littered with modern elements, from Xerox copiers to airplanes, and freely reimagines historic figures as sacred as Abraham Lincoln. A comedy flashing with insight, Flight to Canada poses serious questions about history and the complex ways that race relations in America are shaped by the past. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Ishmael Reed including rare images of the author"--Publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Isbn
- 9781453287989
- Label
- Flight to Canada
- Title
- Flight to Canada
- Statement of responsibility
- a novel by Ishmael Reed
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Ishmael Reed's parody of slave narratives the classical literature of the African American tradition which redefined the neo-slave genre and launched a lucrative academic industry. Some parodies are as necessary as the books they answer. Such is the case with Flight to Canada, Ishmael Reed's scathing, offbeat response to conventional anti-slavery novels such as Uncle Tom's Cabin. Though Flight to Canada has been classified by some as a post race novel, the villains and the heroes are clear. Three slaves are on the run from the Swille plantation. Among them, the most hotly pursued is Raven Quickskill, a poet who seeks freedom in Canada, and ultimately hopes to return and liberate others. But this particular Civil War era landscape is littered with modern elements, from Xerox copiers to airplanes, and freely reimagines historic figures as sacred as Abraham Lincoln. A comedy flashing with insight, Flight to Canada poses serious questions about history and the complex ways that race relations in America are shaped by the past. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Ishmael Reed including rare images of the author"--Publisher
- Cataloging source
- ORX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1938-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Reed, Ishmael
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3568.E365
- LC item number
- F45 2013eb
- Literary form
- novels
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Fugitive slaves
- African Americans
- FICTION
- United States
- Canada
- Label
- Flight to Canada, a novel by Ishmael Reed
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn826164162
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781453287989
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)826164162
- Label
- Flight to Canada, a novel by Ishmael Reed
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn826164162
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781453287989
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)826164162
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