Classic African American women's narratives / / edited by William L. Andrews

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (496 p. ) : ill
• Disciplina: 818/.308099287/08996073; 818.30809928708996
• Soggetto topico: American prose literature - African American authors; American prose literature - Women authors; Women and literature - United States; African American women; Autobiographies - United States; Autobiographies - Women authors; Narration (Rhetoric)
• Altri autori: AndrewsWilliam L. <1946->
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Classic African American women's narratives
• ISBN: 0-19-028646-6; 1-280-48163-3; 9786610481637; 1-4294-1516-9; 1-282-36735-8; 9786612367359; 0-19-530263-X; 0-19-803241-2; 1-60256-762-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817789103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II