Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - An American Slave, Written By Himself

Informationen zum Autor Robert B. Stepto is Professor of English! African American Studies! and American Studies at Yale University. He is the author of From Behind the Veil: A Study of Afro-American Narrative. Klappentext No book more vividly explains the horror of American slavery and the emotional impetus behind the antislavery movement than Douglass's "Narrative." Stepto's Introduction re-examines the extraordinary life and achievement of one of the nation's most important writers. Zusammenfassung No book more vividly explains the horror of American slavery and the emotional impetus behind the antislavery movement than Douglass's Narrative. In his Introduction, Robert B. Stepto reexamines the extraordinary life and achievement of a man who escaped slavery to become a leading abolitionist and one of America's most important writers. Inhaltsverzeichnis * Introduction Robert B. Stepto * Note on the Text * Chronology of Frederick Douglass's Life Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass * Selected Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Frederick Douglass
• Assisted by: Robert B. Stepto (Introduction)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2009
• EAN: 9780674034013
• ISBN: 978-0-674-03401-3
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 11 mm
• Series: John Harvard Library; John Harvard Library (Paperbac; The John Harvard Library; The John Harvard Library (HUP)
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Ethnic Studies, History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, United States of America, USA, Biography: historical, political and military, Slavery and abolition of slavery