Uncle Tom's Cabin |
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Author:
| Stowe, Harriet Beecher |
Editor:
| Yellin, Jean Fagan |
Series title: | Oxford World's Classics Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-953803-4 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2008 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $8.95 |
Book Description:
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The first American novel to become an international best-seller, Stowe's book charts the paths from slavery to freedom of fugitives who escape the chains of American chattel slavery, and of a martyr who transcends all earthly ties.This edition firmly locates Uncle Tom's Cabin within the context of African-American writing, the issues of race and the role of women. Its introduction discusses African responses to Stowe's novel over the last century and a half and its appendices include...
More DescriptionThe first American novel to become an international best-seller, Stowe's book charts the paths from slavery to freedom of fugitives who escape the chains of American chattel slavery, and of a martyr who transcends all earthly ties.This edition firmly locates Uncle Tom's Cabin within the context of African-American writing, the issues of race and the role of women. Its introduction discusses African responses to Stowe's novel over the last century and a half and its appendices include excerpts from popular slave narratives, Stowe's `The Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin', and Frederick Douglass's response to Stowe's model of black martyrdom.