The slave narrative has become a crucial genre within African
American literary studies and an invaluable record of the
experience and history of slavery in the United States. This
Companion examines the slave narrative's relation to British and
American abolitionism, Anglo-American literary traditions such as
autobiography and sentimental literature, and the larger African
American literary tradition. Special attention is paid to leading
exponents of the genre such as Olaudah Equiano, Frederick Douglass
and Harriet Jacobs, as well as many other, less well known
examples. Further essays explore the rediscovery of the slave
narrative and its subsequent critical reception, as well as the
uses to which the genre is put by modern authors such as Toni
Morrison. With its chronology and guide to further reading, the
Companion provides both an easy entry point for students new to the
subject and comprehensive coverage and original insights for
scholars in the field.
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