Fugitive Texts – Slave Narratives in Antebellum Print Culture Roy Pickford

Name: Fugitive Texts – Slave Narratives in Antebellum Print Culture Roy Pickford
Brand: University of Wisconsin Press

University of Wisconsin Press

Antebellum slave narratives have taken pride of place in the American literary canon. Once ignored, disparaged, or simply forgotten, the autobiographical narratives of Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, and other formerly enslaved men and women are now widely read and studied. One key aspect of the genre, however, has been left unexamined: its materiality. What did original editions of slave narratives look like? How were these books circulated? Who read them? In Fugitive Texts, Micha\u00CBl Roy offers the first book-length study of the slave narrative as a material artifact. Drawing on a wide range of sources, he reconstructs the publication histories of a number of famous and lesser-known narratives, placing them against the changing backdrop of antebellum print culture. Slave narratives, he\n\nFugitive Texts\nSlave Narratives in Antebellum Print Culture\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\n;