Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Klappentext Not only one of the last of over one hundred slave narratives published separately before the Civil War, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) is also one of the few existing narratives written by a woman. It offers a unique perspective on the complex plight of the black woman as slave and as writer. In a story that merges the conventions of the slave narrative with the techniques of the sentimental novel, Harriet Jacobs describes her efforts to fight off the advances of her master, her eventual liaison with another white man (the father of two of her children), and her ultimately successful struggle for freedom. Jacobs' account of her experiences, and her search for her own voice, prefigure the literary and ideological concerns of generations of African-American women writers to come. Zusammenfassung Of many slave narratives published before the Civil War, this is one of the few written by a woman. It blends and manipulates several narrative techniques, including those of sentimental novel, of autobiography, and of the classical slave narrative.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Harriet Jacobs, Harriet A. Jacobs, Harriet Ann Jacobs, Jacobs Harriet
• Con la collaborazione di: Valerie Smith (Illustrazione), Valerie Smith (Introduzione)
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 29.11.1990
• EAN: 9780195066708
• ISBN: 978-0-19-506670-8
• Pagine: 346
• Serie: The Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers; Schomburg Library of Nineteent; The Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers; Schomburg Library of Nineteent
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; USA, Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / Essays, United States of America, USA, Literary essays, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Slavery and abolition of slavery