Quest of the Silver Fleece - The Oxford W. E. B. Du Bois, Volume 14

Informationen zum Autor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University. He has edited several major reference works, including Dictionary of African Biography, African American Lives, Africana, and African American National Biography. In addition, he is Editor in Chief of the Oxford African American Studies Center. Klappentext The Quest of the Silver Fleece is W. E. B. Du Bois's powerful first novel about Zora, a determined black woman who seeks to transcend race and class. Following the same path of the Greek myth, Du Bois's novel confronts not only economic and political circumstances, but also racial and social issues of the time. The novel portrays not only a story of economics but also of love, gender, and race. Zusammenfassung The Quest of the Silver Fleece is W. E. B. Du Bois's powerful first novel about Zora, a determined black woman who seeks to transcend race and class. Following the same path of the Greek myth, Du Bois's novel confronts not only economic and political circumstances, but also racial and social issues of the time. The novel portrays not only a story of economics but also of love, gender, and race.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: W. E. B. Du Bois, Henry Louis Gates
• Con la collaborazione di: Henry Louis Gates (Editore)
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 20.06.2013
• EAN: 9780195325751
• ISBN: 978-0-19-532575-1
• Pagine: 286
• Serie: The Oxford W. E. B. Du Bois
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Black & Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Slavery, enslaved persons and abolition of slavery, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity