Research Catalog

Title

The portable nineteenth-century African American women writers / edited with an introduction by Hollis Robbins and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; general editor, Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Publication

New York, New York : Penguin Books, [2017]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Robbins, Hollis, 1963-
• Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.

Description

xl, 613 pages; 21 cm.

Summary

"A landmark collection documenting the social, political, and artistic lives of African American women throughout the tumultuous nineteenth century. The Portable Nineteenth-Century African American Women Writers is the most comprehensive anthology of its kind: an extraordinary range of voices offering the expressions of African American women in print before, during, and after the Civil War. Edited by Hollis Robbins and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., this collection comprises work from forty-nine writers arranged into sections of memoir, poetry, and essays on feminism, education, and the legacy of African American women writers. Many of these pieces engage with social movements like abolition, women's suffrage, temperance, and civil rights, but the thematic center is the intellect and personal ambition of African American women. The diverse selection includes well-known writers like Sojourner Truth, Hannah Crafts, and Harriet Jacobs, as well as lesser-known writers like Ella Sheppard, who offers a firsthand account of life in the world-famous Fisk Jubilee Singers. Taken together, these incredible works insist that the writing of African American women writers be read, remembered, and addressed."--

Series Statement

Penguin Classics

Uniform Title

Penguin classics.

Subjects

• American literature > Women authors
• American literature > African American authors > 19th century
• 1800-1899
• African American women > Literary collections
• American literature > Women authors > 19th century
• Literary collections

Genre/Form

Literary collections.

Note

• "Edited by Hollis Robbins and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., this collection comprises work from forty-nine writers arranged into sections of memoir, poetry, and essays on feminism, education, and the legacy of African American women writers. Many of these pieces engage with social movements like abolition, women's suffrage, temperance, and civil rights, but the thematic center is the intellect and personal ambition of African American women. The diverse selection includes well-known writers like Sojourner Truth, Hannah Crafts, and Harriet Jacobs, as well as lesser-known writers like Ella Sheppard, who offers a firsthand account of life in the world-famous Fisk Jubilee Singers."-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxiv-xl).

Contents

Personal accounts of abolition and freedom -- Fugitives and emigrants: moving west and north -- Northern women and the post-war South -- Memoirs: looking back -- Poetry, drama, and fiction -- Women addressing women: addresses and essays -- Education and social reform -- Women memorializing women.

Call Number

Sc D 17-1173

ISBN

• 9780143105992
• 014310599X

LCCN

2017004173

OCLC

951070652

Title

The portable nineteenth-century African American women writers / edited with an introduction by Hollis Robbins and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; general editor, Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Publisher

New York, New York : Penguin Books, [2017]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Penguin Classics

Penguin classics.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxiv-xl).

Chronological Term

1800-1899

Added Author

Robbins, Hollis, 1963- editor.

Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., editor.

Research Call Number

Sc D 17-1173