Clotel: or, the president's daughter : a narrative of slave life in the United States

This edition of 'Clotel' is the only one to include selections from the key texts and cultural documents that Brown drew upon when he wrote his novel. The streamlined second edition includes an updated introduction and features cultural documents which focus more directly on the texts about slavery and race that Brown used. ROBERT S. LEVINE Professor of English and Distinguished Scholar-Teacher atthe University of Maryland, College Park, USA. He is the editor of a number of volumes, including 'Martin R. Delany: A Documentary Reader' and 'Frederick Douglass and Herman Melville: Essays in Relation'. INDICE: About the Series - About This Volume - List of Illustrations - PART I: 'CLOTEL; OR, THE PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER': THE COMPLETE TEXT - Introduction:Cultural and Historical Background - Chronology of Brown's Life and Times - ANote on the Text and Annotations - Clotel; or, The President's Daughter [1853Edition] - PART II: 'CLOTEL; OR, THE PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER': CULTURAL CONTEXTS- Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence - Thomas Jefferson andSally Hemings - 'All These Combined Have Made Up My Story': Source Texts about Slavery and Race - Writing and Revising Clotel - Selected Reviews of Clotel - Selected Bibliography

• ISBN: 978-0-230-33364-2
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés