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The Slave's Narrative.

This textbook has been designed to confront a central issue in the study of 19th-century Afro-American literature - the question of how to analyse and evaluate the autobiographical tradition of ex-slaves.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Davis, Charles T. (Charles Twitchell), 1918-1981 (Editor ), Gates, Henry Louis, Jr (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Contents; Introduction: The Language of Slavery; 1. Written by Themselves: Views and Reviews, 1750-1861; The Life of Job Ben Solomon; The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African; Written by Himself; The Life and Adventures of a Fugitive Slave; Narrative of James Williams; The Narrative of Juan Manzano; Narratives of Fugitive Slaves; Life of Henry Bibb; The Life and Bondage of Frederick Douglass; Kidnapped and Ransomed; Linda: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Written by Herself; 2. The Slave Narratives as History; On Dialect Usage.
  • The Art and Science of Reading WPA Slave NarrativesHistory from Slave Sources; Charles Chesnutt and the WPA Narratives: The Oral and Literate Roots of Afro-American Literature; Using the Testimony of Ex-Slaves: Approaches and Problems; Plantation Factories and the Slave Work Ethic; The Making of a Fugitive Slave Narrative: Josiah Henson and Uncle Tom-A Case Study; 3. The Slave Narratives as Literature; I Was Born": Slave Narrat.