William Wells Brown: Clotel & Other Writings (LOA #247)
Narrative of W. W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave / Clotel; or, the President's / American Fugitive in Europe / The Escape / The Black Man / My Southern Home /
$118.53
- Hardcover
912 pages
- Release Date
11 April 2014
Summary
Born a slave and kept functionally illiterate until he escaped at age nineteen, William Wells Brown (1814-1884) refashioned himself first as an agent of the Underground Railroad and then as an antislavery activist and self-taught orator and author, eventually becoming a foundational figure of African American literature.A showcase of the extraordinary career America’sfirst Black novelist and pivotal figure in African American literature”It is difficult to imagine any one of his contemporaries…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781598532913 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 159853291X |
| Author: | William Wells Brown |
| Publisher: | The Library of America |
| Imprint: | The Library of America |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 912 |
| Release Date: | 11 April 2014 |
| Weight: | 680g |
| Dimensions: | 208mm x 130mm x 33mm |
| Series: | Library of America (Hardcover) |
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About The Author
William Wells Brown
EZRA GREENSPAN is Edmund and Louise Kahn Chair in Humanities and professor of English at Southern Methodist University. He is the editor of William Wells Brown- A Reader and The Cambridge Companion to Walt Whitman and is completing a definitive biography of Brown for the bicentennial in 2014.
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