Douglass's memoir, first published in 1845, is the moving narrative of twenty-one years of enslavement and escape to freedom. In a new introduction, distinguished scholar Robert Stepto argues why this account was so important to the abolitionist cause and how it continues to resonate with readers today.
Douglass's memoir, first published in 1845, is the moving narrative of twenty-one years of enslavement and escape to freedom. In a new introduction, d...
In this series of interlocking essays, which had their start as lectures inspired by the presidency of Barack Obama, Robert Stepto sets canonical works of African American literature in conversation with Obama's 'Dreams From My Father'.
In this series of interlocking essays, which had their start as lectures inspired by the presidency of Barack Obama, Robert Stepto sets canonical work...
Charles W. Chesnutt Robert B. Stepto Jennifer Rae Greeson
"Contexts" presents a wealth of materials chosen by the editors to enrich the reader's understanding of these canonical stories, including a map of the landscape of the conjure tales, Chesnutt's journal entry as he began writing fiction of the South, as well as writings by Chesnutt, William Wells Brown, and Paul Laurence Dunbar, among others, on the stories' central motifs--folklore, superstition, voodoo, race, and social identity in the South following the Civil War "Criticism" is divided into two parts. "Early Criticism" collects critical notices forThe Conjure Woman that suggest...
"Contexts" presents a wealth of materials chosen by the editors to enrich the reader's understanding of these canonical stories, including a map of th...
