Harriet Wilson's Our Nig : : a cultural biography of a "two-story" African American novel / / R.J. Ellis.
Addressed to all readers of Our Nig , from professional scholars of African American writing through to a more general readership, this book explores both Our Nig 's key cultural contexts and its historical and literary significance as a narrative. Harriet E. Wilson's Our Nig (1859) is a s...
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| Superior document: | Costerus ; Volume 149 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam ;, New York, New York : : Rodopi,, [2003] ©2003 |
| Year of Publication: | 2003 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Costerus ;
Volume 149. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Illustrations and Photographs
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter One: Our Nig and Wilson's Life
- Chapter Two: Antislavery, Abolitionism and the Slave Narrative
- Chapter Three: Sentimental Fiction, Sentimentality and Religion
- Chapter Four: Poverty, Gender and Race Issues
- Chapter Five: Work, Class and the Free Market
- Chapter Six: Textualities
- Conclusion
- Appendix A
- Bibliography
- Index.