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Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudiah Equiano (Norton Critical Editions)by Olaudah Equiano
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:It is accompanied by an introduction, maps, illustrations, and annotations. "Contexts" provides essential public writings on the autobiography, general and historical background, related travel and scientific literature, other eighteenth-century works by authors of African ancestry, and works debating the slave trade. "Criticism" includes six contemporary reviews and nine modern essays on the narrative by Paul Edwards, Charles T. Davis, Houston A. Baker, Jr., Angelo Costanzo, Catherine Obianju Acholonu, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Geraldine Murphy, Adam Potkay, and Robert J. Allison. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are included. Book News Annotation:Olaudah Equiano's 1789 narrative tells the remarkable story of his
childhood in Africa, his kidnapping and subsequent years as a slave
and seaman, and his eventual road to freedom in the Caribbean and in
England. The text reprinted here is that of the 1789 first edition,
along with explanatory notes. The book includes letters, essays, and
other documents from the 18th and 19th centuries, as well as
contemporary and modern criticism, plus a chronology. Sollors teaches
English literature and Afro-American Studies at Harvard University,
where he also chairs the Department of History of American
Civilization.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Synopsis:The text of Equiano's narrative presented here is that of the 1789 first edition. About the AuthorWerner Sollors is Henry B. and Anne M. Cabot Professor of English Literature and Afro-American Studies and Chair of History of American Civilization at Harvard University. He is the author of Neither Black Nor White Yet Both: Thematic Explora-tions of Interracial Literature, Beyond Ethnicity: Consent and Descent in American Culture, and Amiri Baraka/LeRoi Jones: The Quest for a "Populist Modernism." His edited works include The Multilingual Anthology of American Literature: A Reader of Original Texts with English Translations and Multilingual America: Transnationalism, Ethnicity, and the Languages of America. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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