The Cambridge Companion to the African American Slave

The Cambridge Companion to the African American Slave Narrative (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

The slave narrative has become a crucial genre within African American literary studies and an invaluable record of the experience and history of slavery in the United States. This Companion examines the slave narrative's relation to British and American abolitionism, Anglo-American literary traditions such as autobiography and sentimental literature, and the larger African American literary tradition. Special attention is paid to leading exponents of the genre such as Olaudah Equiano, Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs, as well as many other, less well known examples. Further essays explore the rediscovery of the slave narrative and its subsequent critical reception, as well as the uses to which the genre is put by modern authors such as Toni Morrison. With its chronology and guide to further reading, the Companion provides both an easy entry point for students new to the subject and comprehensive coverage and original insights for scholars in the field.

Country	USA
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: Cambridge University Press
EAN	9780521615266
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ISBN	0521615267
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Label	Cambridge University Press
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NumberOfPages	290
PublicationDate	2007-06-18
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
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The Cambridge Companion to the African American Slave Narrative (Cambridge Companions to Literature)