Contributor
Fisch, Audrey A.
Imprint:Cambridge : Cambridge University, 2007.
Descriptionxix, 266 p. ; 24 cm.
Note:g 1. Rise development and circulation of the slave narrative / Phillip Gould -- 2. Politics and political philosophy in the slave narrative / Dickson D. Bruce, Jr -- 3. Olaudah Equiano : African British abolitionist and founder of the African American slave narrative . Vincent Carretta -- 4. Slave narrative and the literature of abolition/ Kerry Sinanan -- 5/. Redeeming bondage : the captivity narrative and the spiritual autobiography in the African American slave narrative tradition / Yolanda Pierce -- 6. Slave narrative and the revolutionary tradition of American autobiography / Robert S. Levine -- 7. Slave narrative and sentimental literature / 9. Telling slavery in "freedom's" time : post-reconstruction and the Harlem Renaissance / Deborah E. McDowell -- 10. Neo-slave narratives / Valerie Smith -- 11. Harriet Jacobs : a case history of authentication / Stephanie A Smith -- 12. Frederick Douglass's self-fashioning and the making of a representative American man / John Stauffer -- 1113. Deyond Douglass and Jacobs / John Ernest -- 14. Black womanhood in North American women's slave narratives / Xiomara Santamarina.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:"This Companion examines the slave narrative's relation to transatlantic abolitionism, British and American literary traditions including captivity narratives, autobiography, and sentimental literature, and the larger African American literary tradition. The volume explores the history of the genre, including its rediscovery and authentication, its subsequent critical reception, and its continued importance to modern authors such as Toni Morrison and Edward P. Jones. Attention is paid both to well-known slave narratives, such as those by Olaudah Equiano, Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs, and to a wide range of lesser-known narratives. 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." -- Book jacket.
