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Record Nr.

UNINA9910968094803321

Titolo

The slave's narrative / / [edited by] Charles T. Davis and Henry Louis Gates, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-772618-6

1-280-52538-X

0-19-802044-9

0-19-536202-0

1-60129-793-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (385 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

973/.0496

Soggetti

Freed persons - United States - History and criticism

African Americans - Biography - History and criticism

Enslaved persons - United States - History and criticism

Enslaved persons - United States - Social conditions - Sources

Slavery - United States - History - Sources

Autobiography - African American authors - History and criticism

Literature

United States Race relations Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 1985.

Previously issued in print: 1991.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-330) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

These autobiographies of Afro-American ex-slaves comprise the largest body of literature produced by slaves in human history. The book consists of three sections: selected reviews of slave narratives, dating from 1750 to 1861; essays examining how such narratives serve as historical material;and essays exploring the narratives as literary artifacts.