Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Title: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Author: Harriet Jacobs
E: 1701685
ISBN: 9780393976373
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2000
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: 12133rd
Number of Pages: 416
Section: History | United States | Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Condition Note: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: The text is that of the 1861 first edition. Contexts includes contemporary responses to Incidents, selections from Jacobs's other published writings, and extracts from her correspondence. Criticism includes eleven important assessments of the narrative, contributed by Jean Fagan Yellin, Ann Taves, Valerie Smith, Nellie Y. McKay, Harryette Mullen, Michelle Burnham, Nell Irvin Painter, Frances Smith Foster, Sandra Gunning, Elizabeth V. Spelman, and Christine Accomando. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are included.