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Title: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave & Incidents inthe Life of a Slave Girl by HARRIET JACOBS, KWAME ANTHONY APPIAH, FREDERICK DOUGLASS ISBN: 0-679-78328-8 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 10 October, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: shatter the romance!
Comment: simply astounding! totally shatters those awful and ever-infectious civil war era romantic notions. be gone, "gone with the wind!" many thanks be to the spirits of mr. douglass and ms. jacobs for surviving their tremendous struggles to give us truth! recommend these books to others (especially the crowd that chooses to separate the "human stock" question from intellectual discussions of the civil war era).
Rating: 5
Summary: A potent pairing of two essential autobiographies
Comment: "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" (first published in 1845) and Harriet Jacobs' "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" (1861) are probably the two most powerful examples of the slave narrative. This literary form represents the first-person accounts of individuals who have lived as slaves. The Modern Library has paired these two essential American texts in a single edition, with an introduction by Kwame Anthony Appiah and commentaries by Jean Fagan Yellin and Margaret Fuller.
Together, "Narrative" and "Incidents" offer a male and female perspective on the institution that has left lasting scars on America. These texts are well written, and rich in social and political insights. Both authors graphically illustrate, for example, how the Judeo-Christan Bible and the Christian church were used as tools to support the racist system of slavery. Douglass provides a powerful window into the importance of literacy as a tool by which he escaped a slave mentality. And Jacobs incisively deconstructs the twisted strands of race, gender, power, and sexuality that tied together slaveowning culture.
"Narrative" and "Incidents" are compelling pieces of literature. Moreover, the authors' themes can be seen as foundational for many later works of United States literature: Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," Toni Morrison's "Beloved," Octavia Butler's "Kindred," and many other texts. Even a popular film like "The Matrix" echoes the slave narratives in some aspects.
Douglass and Jacobs are prime examples of writers who superbly combined literary craftsmanship with an intense political commitment. Their achievements make them crucial figures in the field of African-American studies. This combined edition of their outstanding books should be celebrated by teachers, students, reading groups, church study groups, and individual readers.
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Title: Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington ISBN: 0486287386 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 04 October, 1995 List Price(USD): $2.00 |
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Title: The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois ISBN: 0486280411 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 20 May, 1994 List Price(USD): $2.00 |
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Title: Castaways: The Narrative of Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca (Latin American Literature and Culture, No 10) by Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca, Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, Enrique Pupo-Walker, Frances M. Lopez-Morillas ISBN: 0520070631 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: September, 1993 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Common Sense : and Other Writings by THOMAS PAINE, GORDON S. WOOD ISBN: 0375760113 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 11 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Dessa Rose : A Novel by Sherley A. Williams ISBN: 0688166431 Publisher: Quill Pub. Date: 03 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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