In search of Hannah Crafts
Subtitle: critical essays on The bondwoman's narrative
By: Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Hollis Robbins, eds.
Contributors: Gates, Henry Louis.; Robbins, Hollis, 1963-
Publisher: Basic Civitas Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 458
Subjects: Crafts, Hannah; Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century; African American women in literature; Racially mixed people in literature; Passing (Identity) in literature; Plantation life in literature; Fugitive slaves in literature; Slavery in literature; North Carolina -- In literature; Virginia -- In literature
Description: Essays offer a critical analysis of "The Bondwoman's Narrative," a first novel written by a female African-American slave, assessing the influence of the work on our view of slavery, African-American history, and antebellum literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.