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Author Heglar, Charles J.

Title Rethinking the slave narrative : slave marriage and the narratives of Henry Bibb and William and Ellen Craft / Charles J. Heglar.

Publication Info. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, [2001]
©2001

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.567 H464R    Check Shelf
Description viii, 170 pages ; 25 cm.
Series Contributions in Afro-American and African studies, 0069-9624 ; no. 204
Contributions in Afro-American and African studies, 0069-9624 ; no. 204.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [153]-161) and index.
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. The Slave Narrative Genre. The "Classic" Slave Narrative. The Critics and Douglass' 1845 Narrative. Other Configurations of the "Classic" Slave Narrative. Slave Marriage and the "Classic" Slave Narrative -- 3. The Narrative of Recursion: Slave Marriage and Henry Bibb. Authentication. Narrative Proper -- 4. The Narrative of Collaboration: Slave Marriage and William and Ellen Craft. Authentication. Narrative Voice. Narrative Proper -- 5. Antebellum African American Fiction. Harriet Beecher Stowe and the Problem of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Frederick Douglass and "The Heroic Slave" William Wells Brown and Clotel; or, The President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States. Martin R. Delany and Blake; or, The Huts of America -- 6. Conclusion.
Subject Slavery in literature.
African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
African Americans in literature.
Bibb, Henry, 1815-1854. Narrative of the life and adventures of Henry Bibb.
American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
Marriage in literature.
Craft, Ellen.
American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Craft, William. Running a thousand miles for freedom.
Enslaved persons -- United States -- Intellectual life.
Enslaved persons' writings, American -- History and criticism.
Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography -- History and criticism.
ISBN 0313318751 alkaline paper
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