Major Voices: 19th Century African American Women's Writing [Paperback]

Sallyann H. Ferguson (Editor)

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Series: Major Voices | Publication Date: November 2005

From their arrival in the country, African American women writers have developed a literary tradition based on their own experiences and have consistently resisted attempts by patriarchal men and, especially, matriarchal women to romanticize and redefine that heritage. The black American woman's literary self-portrait began to come into focus during nearly three centuries of legalized rape by white men and their designates and sharpened its features during the ensuing eras of Jim Crow segregation and civil rights. This anthology is, perhaps, the only collection that encompasses one of the most realistic approaches to this writing legacy, including a generous selection of texts in a variety of genres: poetry, drama, nonfiction and fiction, written by black women. The writers in this volume are Lucy Terry, Angelina Grimke, Harriet Jacobs, Pauline Hopkins and Frances Watkins Harper, with critical introductions, and primary and secondary bibliographies of the individual writers.

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About the Editor

SALLYANN H. FERGUSON is an Associate Professor of American and African American literature at the University of North Carolina and editor of the Charles W. Chesnutt: Selected Writings.

Product Details

Paperback
Publisher: Toby Press (November 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1592640761
ISBN-13: 978-1592640768
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,108,810 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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