Clotel
or, The President's Daughter
The first novel published by an African American, Clotel takes up the story, in circulation at the time, that Thomas Jefferson fathered an illegitimate mulatto daughter who was sold into slavery. Powerfully reimagining this story, and weaving together a variety of contemporary source materials, Brown fills the novel with daring escapes and encounters, as well as searing depictions of the American slave trade. An innovative and challenging work of literary invention, Clotel is receiving much renewed attention today. William Wells Brown, though born into slavery, escaped to become one of the most prominent reformers of the nineteenth century an…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4406-2661-6
- EAN: 9781440626616
- Produktnummer: 17984137
- Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 329 KB
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William Wells Brown (1814-1884) was born a slave, escaped to the North and then to England, and became one of the most prominent abolitionists of his time. During his prolific literary career, Brown was a pioneer in several different genres, including travel writing, fiction, and drama.M. Giulia Fabi is the author of Passing and the Rise of the African American Novel. She teaches American literature at the University of Ferrara, Italy.
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