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.