| Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted Contributor(s): Harper, Frances E. W. (Author), Foster, Frances S. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0195052404 ISBN-13: 9780195052404 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $212.85 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1988 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Literary Collections | American - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 87024794 |
| Physical Information: 1.08" H x 4.9" W x 6.83" (0.73 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This was probably the best-selling novel by an Afro-American writer prior to the 20th century. Published in 1892, it went through five impressions in one year. Frances Harper had already gained an international reputuation as a writer, lecturer, and political activist when this, her only novel, was published. It enjoyed a wide readership among men and women, black and white, in the US, Canada, and Britain. |