Buch, Englisch, 360 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 215 mm, Gewicht: 324 g
Buch, Englisch, 360 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 215 mm, Gewicht: 324 g
ISBN: 978-1-55481-631-6
Verlag: Broadview Press Ltd
Universally recognized today as one of the most important and influential Americans of the nineteenth century, Frederick Douglass rose to prominence in the national abolitionist movement before and during the Civil War by virtue of the vividness and power with which, drawing on his personal experiences of enslavement and freedom, he spoke and wrote against American slavery and he continued to propound his vision of an America that would afford freedom, equality, and opportunity to all long after slavery was formally abolished. This edition offers a selection of Douglass's most significant writing and oratory from throughout his long career, including the complete texts of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, which has become a classic example of the slave narrative genre, and The Heroic Slave, Douglass's only published work of fiction, together with excerpts from Douglass's other autobiographical writings and key speeches he gave both before and after the Civil War. The edition also provides clear and thorough annotations for the assistance of the student reader and a range of contextual materials, including responses to Douglass's Narrative and photographs of Douglass. As an introduction to Douglass's life and work that balances breadth and concision, this edition is well suited for a variety of undergraduate courses in American history and literary studies. This volume is one of a number of editions that have been drawn from the pages of the acclaimed Broadview Anthology of American Literature; like the others, it is designed to make a range of material from the anthology available in a format convenient for use in a wide variety of contexts.
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- IntroductionNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Written by Himself In Context: Responses to Frederick Douglass’s Narrative - Margaret Fuller, Review of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, from The New York Tribune
- A.C.C. Thompson, “To the Public. Falsehood Refuted,” The Liberator
- Frederick Douglass, Reply to Mr. A.C.C. Thompson, The Liberator
from To My Old MasterWhat to the Slave is the Fourth of July? The Heroic Slave In Context: Photographs of Frederick Douglass from My Bondage and My Freedom from The Dred Scott Decision from Self-Made Men Men of Color, to Arms! from The Composite Nation from Oration in Memory of Abraham Lincoln, Delivered at the Unveiling of the Freedmen's MonumentIn Context: The Emancipation Memorial (Freedmen's Monument) from Life and Times of Frederick DouglassIn Context: The Black Man at the White House
