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Harriet Jacobs and Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: New Critical Essays

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Harriet Jacobs, today perhaps the single most read and studied Black American woman of the nineteenth century, has not until recently enjoyed sustained, scholarly analysis. This anthology presents a far-ranging compendium of literary and cultural scholarship that will take its place as the primary resource for students and teachers of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. The contributors include both established Jacobs scholars and emerging critics; the essays take on a variety of subjects in Incidents, treating representation, gender, resistance, and spirituality from differing angles.

Language: English

Pages: 320

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: February 23, 1996

ISBN: 0521497795

ISBN 13: 9780521497794

Harriet Jacobs and Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: New Critical Essays

4/5 ( ratings)

Harriet Jacobs, today perhaps the single most read and studied Black American woman of the nineteenth century, has not until recently enjoyed sustained, scholarly analysis. This anthology presents a far-ranging compendium of literary and cultural scholarship that will take its place as the primary resource for students and teachers of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. The contributors include both established Jacobs scholars and emerging critics; the essays take on a variety of subjects in Incidents, treating representation, gender, resistance, and spirituality from differing angles.

Language: English

Pages: 320

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: February 23, 1996

ISBN: 0521497795

ISBN 13: 9780521497794

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