Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was the best known and best loved
African American poet of her time, as well as a teacher and
lecturer on abolition, suffrage, education, and many other topics.
This anthology contains all of her extant poetry and generous
selection of prose and letters, and provided moving portraits of
suffering under slavery, as well as of freedom, love, infidelity,
poverty, and heroism. As the New York Times Book Review notes,
'This anthology...not only provides the first modern biography of
Harper, but also illuminates her connection to...20th-century
writers like Zora Neale Hurston and Toni Morrison.'. For course use
in: abolition and slavery, African American studies, 19th-century
US literature.
General
| Imprint: |
Feminist Press at The City University of New York
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
February 1993 |
| First published: |
1993 |
| Editors: |
Frances Smith Foster
|
| Dimensions: |
228 x 152 x 30mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
416 |
| Edition: |
New |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-55861-020-0 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-55861-020-0 |
| Barcode: |
9781558610200 |
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