The Portable Nineteenth-Century African American Women Writers
$62.44
- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
15 August 2017
Summary
A landmark collection documenting the social, political, and artistic lives of African American women throughout the tumultuous nineteenth century. Named one of NPR’s Best Books of 2017.
The Portable Nineteenth-Century African American Women Writers is the most comprehensive anthology of its kind: an extraordinary range of voices offering the expressions of African American women in print before, during, and after the Civil War. Edited by Hollis Robbins and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., thi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143105992 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 014310599X |
| Author: | Hollis Robbins, Henry Louis Gates, Jr |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 15 August 2017 |
| Weight: | 443g |
| Dimensions: | 27mm x 131mm x 197mm |
Critics Review
“An extraordinary historical record.” –The New York Times Book Review
“An extraordinary historical record.”
—The New York Times Book Review
“A rewarding history, and a reminder that the past is never a single narrative. It’s a conversation with itself and with the present, well worth having.”
—NPR
Hollis Robbins
Hollis Robbins is director of the Center for Africana Studies at Johns Hopkins University and chair of the humanities department at Peabody Conservatory.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and founding director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University.
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