Frederick Douglass: New Literary and Historical Essays
by Eric J. Sundquist
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This is a 1993 collection of fourteen essays by America's leading historians and literary critics which evaluates the importance of Frederick Douglass in his own day and on into the twentieth century. As a result of the research and interpretation in both literary and historical studies, Frederick Douglass has assumed a central place in the revival of interest in the multicultural study of American literature. His autobiographies are fundamental case studies of the slave narratives that form show more the basis of African-American culture. His remarkable achievements as abolitionist orator, journalist, and writer of fiction and historical essays have made him a pivotal figure in a variety of disciplines. The essays examine Douglass' own views on gender and class, as well as racial issues, and place his thought and writings in the context of debates about slavery and freedom that dominated the intellectual landscape of nineteenth-century America. show lessTags
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Eric J. Sundquist is Andrew W. Mellon Professor Emeritus of the Humanities, Johns Hopkins University and the editor of many books, including (with David Cesarani) After the Holocaust: Challenging the Myth of Silence. A volume in the SUNY series in Contemporary Jewish Literature and Culture Ezra Cappell, editor
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- Frederick Douglass: New Literary and Historical Essays
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- Nonfiction, History, Literature Studies and Criticism
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- 973.8 — History & geography History of North America United States The Gilded Age, Reconstruction, Spanish American War (1865-1901)
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- E449 .D75 .F74 — History of the United States United States Revolution to the Civil War, 1775/1783-1861 Slavery in the United States. Antislavery
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