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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Jacobs, Harriet Ann (Author), Smith, Valerie (Illustrator), Smith, Valeria (Introduction by)

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 ISBN: 0195052439     ISBN-13: 9780195052435
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
OUR PRICE: $83.60  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 1988
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography
- Literary Collections | American - General
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies
Dewey: B
LCCN: 87028261
Lexile Measure: 740(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.98" H x 5.8" W x 8.67" L (1.27 lbs) 352 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 179006
Reading Level: 7.1   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 14.0
 
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Publisher Description:
Not only one of the last of over one hundred slave narratives published separately before the Civil War, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) is also one of the few existing narratives written by a woman. It offers a unique perspective on the complex plight of the black woman as slave
and as writer. In a story that merges the conventions of the slave narrative with the techniques of the sentimental novel, Harriet Jacobs describes her efforts to fight off the advances of her master, her eventual liaison with another white man (the father of two of her children), and her
ultimately successful struggle for freedom. Jacobs' account of her experiences, and her search for her own voice, prefigure the literary and ideological concerns of generations of African-American women writers to come.
 
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