Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

Zusatztext A huge amount is packed into a slim volume. If you'd like to know more about Frederick Douglass, this is an excellent place to start. Klappentext Frederick Douglass's Narrative recounts his life as a slave in Maryland and escape to freedom in 1838. An important slave autobiography, it is significant both for what it tells us about slave life and about its author. It is here reprinted with contexualizing source material and other writings by Douglass, as well as an introduction discussing its literary and historical significance. Zusammenfassung Frederick Douglass's Narrative recounts his life as a slave in Maryland and escape to freedom in 1838. An important slave autobiography, it is significant both for what it tells us about slave life and about its author. It is here reprinted with contexualizing source material and other writings by Douglass, as well as an introduction discussing its literary and historical significance.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Frederick Douglass
• Mitarbeit: Deborah E. McDowell (Herausgeber), McDowell Deborah E. (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Oxford University Press Trade
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 07.04.2009
• EAN: 9780199539079
• ISBN: 978-0-19-953907-9
• Abmessung: 128 mm x 196 mm x 8 mm
• Serien: World's classics; Oxford World's Classics; World's classics; WORLD'S CLASSIC; Oxford World's Classics; WORLD'S CLASSIC; WORLD'S CLASSIC; World's classics
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; USA, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Autobiography: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, United States of America, USA, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Slavery and abolition of slavery