Incidents in the life of a slave girl: authoritative text, contexts, criticism

"Harriet Jacobs's 1861 autobiography was the first written narrative by a female slave in America. Using the pseudonym Linda, Jacobs recounts the horrors of her life as a slave and a mother. She documents the physical and sexual abuse she went through prior to her escape from slavery and g...

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Beteilige Person: Jacobs, Harriet A. 1818-1896 (VerfasserIn)
Weitere beteiligte Personen: Foster, Frances Smith 1944- (HerausgeberIn), Yarborough, Richard (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New York W.W. Norton & Company [2019]
Ausgabe:Second edition
Schriftenreihe:A Norton critical edition
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Zusammenfassung:"Harriet Jacobs's 1861 autobiography was the first written narrative by a female slave in America. Using the pseudonym Linda, Jacobs recounts the horrors of her life as a slave and a mother. She documents the physical and sexual abuse she went through prior to her escape from slavery and gaining freedom for herself and two children. The "Contexts" section provides a selection of public statements written by prominent abolitionists, including Harriet Jacobs, on the cruelty of slavery. A selection of correspondence between Harriet Jacobs and her fellow abolitionists is also included. The "Criticism" selection examines a variety of topics, ranging from the form of the text to discussions on oral tradition, activism, the intersection of race and gender, and print culture. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included."...Provided by publisher
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references
Umfang:xxv, 385 Seiten
ISBN:9780393614565