Title: Harriet Jacobs and Incidents in the life of a slave girl
Description: Harriet Jacobs, today perhaps the single most read and studied black American woman of the nineteenth century, has notuntil now - been the subject of sustained, scholarly analysis. This anthology presents a far-ranging compendium of literary and cultural scholarship that is sure to become the primary resource for students and teachers of Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.

The contributors include both established Jacobs scholars and emerging critics; the essays take on a variety of subjects from Incidents, treating representation, gender, resistance, and spirituality from differing angles. The chapters seek to contextualize both the historical figure of Harriet Jacobs and her autobiography as a created work of art; all endeavor to be accessible to a heterogeneous readership.
Subjects: History and criticism, Slaves, Biography, Women slaves, Slaves, united states, Women, united states, biography, American literature, african american authors, history and criticism, Jacobs, harriet a. (harriet ann), 1813-1897, Slavery, united states, bibliography
Places: United States
People: Harriet A. Jacobs (1813-1897)