Magazine Novels of Pauline Hopkins

Zusatztext The three novels published in the Schomburg Library for the first time since their appearance in The Colored American Magazine from 1901 to 1903 not only represent an early example of black people producing popular fiction for and about themselves, but extend the cultural and political discourse introduced in Harper's novel [Iola Leroy]. Klappentext The Colored American Magazine! first published in 1900! was a pioneering forum for black literary talent. Pauline Hopkins was not only a prolific contributor! but one of its powerful editorial forces. These stories reveal her commitment to fiction as a vehicle for social change! weaving themes such as white oppression! the heroism of black women! and the need for organized resistance to persecution! into the narrative formulas of popularfiction. Zusammenfassung The Colored American Magazine, first published in 1900, was a pioneering forum for black literary talent. Pauline Hopkins was not only a prolific contributor, but one of its powerful editorial forces. These stories reveal her commitment to fiction as a vehicle for social change, weaving themes such as white oppression, the heroism of black women, and the need for organized resistance to persecution, into the narrative formulas of popular fiction.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Pauline E. Hopkins
• Con la collaborazione di: Hazel V. Carby (Illustrazione)
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 14.04.1988
• EAN: 9780195052480
• ISBN: 978-0-19-505248-0
• Pagine: 672
• Serie: The Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers; The Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers; Oxford University Press
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese