| Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Revised Edition Contributor(s): Jacobs, Harriet (Author), Smith, Valerie (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0195052439 ISBN-13: 9780195052435 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $83.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1988 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - Literary Collections | American - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 87028261 |
| Lexile Measure: 740 |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 5.8" W x 8.67" (1.27 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 179006 Reading Level: 7.1 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 14.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Not only one of the last of over one hundred slave narratives published separately before the Civil War, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) is also one of the few existing narratives written by a woman. It offers a unique perspective on the complex plight of the black woman as slave and as writer. In a story that merges the conventions of the slave narrative with the techniques of the sentimental novel, Harriet Jacobs describes her efforts to fight off the advances of her master, her eventual liaison with another white man (the father of two of her children), and her ultimately successful struggle for freedom. Jacobs' account of her experiences, and her search for her own voice, prefigure the literary and ideological concerns of generations of African-American women writers to come. |