The Foremother Figure in Early Black Women's Literature: Clothed in My Right Mind

ISBN-13: 9781138389731 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 170 str.

Jacqueline K. Bryant

Opis

Originally published in 1999 The Foremother Figure in Early Black Women's Literature looks at how stereotypical foremother figure exists in nineteenth century American literature.

Spis treści

Preface  Acknowledgements  1. Introduction  2. The Mammy in Early White Female Writers: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Caroline Lee Hentz, and Kate Chopin  3. Rhetoric of Freedom: Jacob’s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself  4. Grandmothers, Mothers, and Acquaintances: The Novels of Frances E.W. Harper  5. Aunt Henny and Aunt Hannah in the Novels of Pauline Hopkins  6. Finding the Foremother in Fauset  7. Conclusion: The Legacy of the Foremother  Bibliography  Index