Incidents in the Life of Slave Girl

Informationen zum Autor Nell Irvin Painter  is the author of  Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol  and  Standing at Armageddon, the United States, 1877-1919 ,  The Narrative of Hosea Hudson  and Exodusters: Black Migration to Kansas After Reconstruction . She is Edwards Professor of History at Princeton University, where she currently heads the program in African-American Studies. Klappentext One of the central firsthand accounts of slavery in America A haunting, evocative recounting of her life as a slave in North Carolina and of her final escape and emancipation, Harriet Jacobs's classic narrative, written between 1853 and 1858 and published pseduonymously in 1861, tells firsthand of the horrors inflicted on slaves. In writing this extraordinary memoir, which culminates in the seven years she spent hiding in a crawl space in her grandmother's attic, Jacobs skillfully used the literary genres of her time, presenting a thoroughly feminist narrative that portrays the evils and traumas of slavery, particularly for women and children. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Zusammenfassung A haunting, evocative recounting of her life as a slave in North Carolina, and her final escape and emancipation, Jacobs' narrative, written between 1853 and 1858 and published in 1861, is one of the most important books ever written documenting the traumas and horrors of slavery in the antebellum South.

Product details

• Authors: Nell Irving Painter, Harriet Jacobs, Harriet A Jacobs, Harriet A. Jacobs, Harriet Ann Jacobs, John S. Jacobs, Jacobs Harriet, Nell Irvin Painter
• Assisted by: Nell Irving Painter (Editor), Nell Irvin Painter (Editor), Nell Irvin Painter (Introduction)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 24.11.2005
• EAN: 9780140437959
• ISBN: 978-0-14-043795-9
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Slavery and abolition of slavery