Early African-American Classics

图书标准信息

• 作者 Anthony Appiah（安东尼·阿皮亚） 著
• 出版社 Random House
• 出版时间 1990-04
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780553213799
• 定价 34.10元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 704页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Bantam Classics

【内容简介】

Thisessentialone-volumecollectionbringstogethersomeofthemostinfluentialandsignificantworksbyAfrican-Americanwritersofthenineteenthandtwentiethcenturies.IncludedhereinaresuchclassicsasFrederickDouglass'sNarrativeoftheLifeofFrederickDouglass,AnAmericanSlave(1845)andexcerptsfromW.E.B.DuBois'sTheSoulsofBlackFolk(1903),HarrietA.Jacobs'sIncidentsintheLifeofaSlaveGirl:WrittenbyHerself(1861),BookerT.Washington'sUpfromSlavery(1901),andJamesWeldonJohnson'sTheAutobiographyofanEx-ColouredMan(1912).WhetherreadasrecordsofAfrican-Americanhistory,autobiography,orliterature,theseinvaluabletextsstandastimelessmonumentstothecourage,intellect,anddignityofthoseforwhomwritingitselfwasanactofrebellion—andwhosevoicesandexperienceswouldhaveotherwisebeensilencedforever.

EditedwithanintroductionbyAnthonyAppiah,whoexplainsthedistinctiveAmericanliteraryandculturalcontextofthetime,thiseditionofEarlyAfrican-AmericanClassicsremainsthestandardbywhichallsimilarcollectionswillinevitablybecompared.

【作者简介】

AnthonyAppiahisaprofessorofphilosophyandliteratureatDukeUniversity,andco-editorofCriticalStudiesinAfrican-AmericanLiterature.