LEADER 05107nam 2200889 a 450 001 9910817789103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-028646-6 010 $a1-280-48163-3 010 $a9786610481637 010 $a1-4294-1516-9 010 $a1-282-36735-8 010 $a9786612367359 010 $a0-19-530263-X 010 $a0-19-803241-2 010 $a1-60256-762-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000029006 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24085552 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000122982 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11142155 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000122982 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10173740 035 $a(PQKB)10626635 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL279502 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10084826 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL48163 035 $a(OCoLC)59152157 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2012730 035 $a(OCoLC)958506990 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5121548 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL236735 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7035135 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC279502 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5121548 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2012730 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7035135 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000029006 100 $a20020308d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aClassic African American women's narratives /$fedited by William L. Andrews 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (496 p. )$cill 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-19-514134-2 311 $a0-19-514135-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aIntro -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- NOTE ON THE TEXTS -- 1 MARIA W. STEWART (1831): Religion and the Pure Principles of Morality, the Sure Foundation on Which We Must Build -- 2 JARENA LEE (1836): The Life and Religious Experience of Jarena Lee, A Coloured Lady, Giving an Account of Her Call to Preach the Gospel -- 3 SOJOURNER TRUTH (1850): Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a Northern Slave -- 4 FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER (1859): "The Two Offers -- 5 HARRIET E. WILSON (1859): Our Nig -- or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, in a Two-Story White House, North -- 6 HARRIET A. JACOBS (1861): Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl -- 7 CHARLOTTE L. FORTEN (1864): "Life on the Sea Islands. 330 $aThis text is a one-volume compilation of the best and the best-known fictional, autobiographical and journalistic writing by African American women during the first great era of black women's writing in the US, from 1831 to 1865. 330 $bClassic African American Women's Narratives offers teachers, students, and general readers a one-volume collection of the most memorable and important writing in prose by African American women before 1865. The book reproduces in one volume the canon of African American women's fiction and autobiography during the slavery era in U.S. history. Each text in the volume represents a "first." Maria Stewart's Religion and the Pure Principles of Morality (1831) was the first political tract authored by an African American woman. Jarena Lee's Life and Religious Experience (1836) was the first African American woman's spiritual autobiography. The Narrative of Sojourner Truth (1850) was the first slave narrative to focus on the experience of a female slave in the United States. Frances E. W. Harper's "The Two Offers" (1859) was the first short story published by an African American woman. Harriet E. Wilson's Our Nig (1859) was the first novel written by an African American woman. Harriet Jacob's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) was the first autobiography authored by an African American woman. Charlotte Forten's "Life on the Sea Islands" (1864) was the first contribution by an African American woman to a major American literary magazine (the Atlantic Monthly). Complemented with an introduction by William L. Andrews, this is the only one-volume collection to gather the most important works of the first great era of African American women's writing. 606 $aAmerican prose literature$xAfrican American authors 606 $aAmerican prose literature$xWomen authors 606 $aWomen and literature$zUnited States 606 $aAfrican American women$vBiography 606 $aAutobiographies$zUnited States 606 $aAutobiographies$xWomen authors 606 $aNarration (Rhetoric) 615 0$aAmerican prose literature$xAfrican American authors. 615 0$aAmerican prose literature$xWomen authors. 615 0$aWomen and literature 615 0$aAfrican American women 615 0$aAutobiographies 615 0$aAutobiographies$xWomen authors. 615 0$aNarration (Rhetoric) 676 $a818/.308099287/08996073 701 $aAndrews$b William L.$f1946-$01650683 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817789103321 996 $aClassic African American women's narratives$94018534 997 $aUNINA