Witnessing Slavery

The Development of Ante-bellum Slave Narratives

AvFrances Smith Foster

Häftad, Engelska, 1994

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Frances Foster’s classic study of pre-Civil War American slave autobiography is now issued in an accessible paperback edition. The first book to represent these slave narratives as literary in the complete sense of the word, and the first study to call attention to the significance of gender in the narratives, Witnessing Slavery will be welcomed by both general readers and students of the American south, slavery, the Civil War, and race issues.

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Utgivningsdatum:1994-04-30
Mått:142 x 216 x 17 mm
Vikt:300 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Wisconsin Studies in American Autobiography
Antal sidor:200
Förlag:University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN:9780299142148

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Frances Smith Foster is professor of literature at the University of California, San Diego, and the author of many books and articles on African American history and issues.

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“An important, seminal work. . . . Frances Smith Foster has created a masterful account and interpretation of the earliest black and black-related literature. . . . It can and should be read by any general reader, black or otherwise, who is interested or concerned with the painful but exhilarating struggle of a people searching for not only freedom, but identity and humanity.” —William J. Teague, Journal of Negro History“Foster does not forget that her slave narratives are literature. But, also, she does not forget the culture outside the narratives. . . . She is, of course, at pains to demonstrate how, and how much, the two were interactive. . . . An excellent general introduction.” —Blyden Jackson, American Literature“Witnessing Slavery is a classic work: it identifies pattern, explains cause, suggests implications. The kernel of its thesis, that black writers have been constrained by the attitudes of white publishers and audiences, is axiomatic in the study of Afro-American literature. . . . Its achievement is that it demonstrates in concrete and convincing detail how these principles function, while illuminating the literary qualities of a body of literature generally considered to lack them.” —Susan L. Blake, Black American Literature Forum