Many have credited 'Blake' as a precursor to major works of black artists, even recognizing the thematic echoes in works as contemporaneous as Marvel’s 'Black Panther.' 'Blake' certainly left an imprint on the American literary tradition.

The novel’s hybrid blend of realist and speculative elements invite readings of regional, transnational, and even gendered black experiences as well as imaginative resistance. Since its reemergence in an era of divisive political activism, 'Blake' has inspired a wealth of scholarly examination.

It’s no surprise that 'Blake’s' slow reemergence in the twentieth century peaked with the critical attention of the Civil Rights Movement. While the novel, first released in two serialized parts, had an impact in its contemporary context thanks to Delany’s widespread career, both 'Blake' and Delany himself disappear from the American literary imaginary. McGann writes that 'Blake' “was at once the most important and the least influential work of fiction published by a black writer in the nineteenth century” (ix). OL8452788W Page_number_confidence 89.04 Pages 358 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.15 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20210817165714 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 269 Scandate 20210816155710 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780807064191 Tts_version 4.In his introduction to the 2017 edition of Martin Delany’s 'Blake Or, the Huts of America,' Jerome McGann details the texts and Delany’s history of exclusion from the American canon.

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