Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl |
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| Author:
| Jacobs, Harriet |
| Introduction by:
| Smith, Valerie |
| Series title: | The ^ASchomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-506670-8 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 1990 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $21.99 |
Book Description:
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Of many slave narratives published before the Civil War, this is one of the few written by a woman. It blends and manipulates several narrative techniques, including those of sentimental novel, of autobiography, and of the classical slave narrative.
Of many slave narratives published before the Civil War, this is one of the few written by a woman. It blends and manipulates several narrative techniques, including those of sentimental novel, of autobiography, and of the classical slave narrative.