In Search of Hannah Crafts

Nov 30, 2004
Paperback
US $18.95
CAN $24.95
UK £10.99
ISBN: 9780465027088
ISBN-10: 0465027083
Published by Basic Civitas Books

Description

Three years ago, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. discovered an unpublished manuscript, The Bondwoman's Narrative, By Hannah Crafts, A Fugitive Recently Escaped From North Carolina, which turned out to be the first novel by a female African-American slave ever found, and possibly the first novel written by a black women anywhere. The Bondwoman's Narrative was published in 2002. In Search of Hannah Crafts now brings together twenty-two authorities on African-American studies to examine such issues as authenticity, and the history and criticism of this unique novel, including Nina Baym, Jean Fagan Yellin, William Andrews, Lawrence Buell, Karen Sanchez-Eppler and Shelley Fisher-Fishkin. The Bondwoman's Narrative will take its place in the African-American canon, and In Search of Hannah Crafts is the book that scholars and students of African-American Studies, of women writers, and of slavery, need to have to understand this unprecedented historical and literary event.

Reviews

"Readers interested in African-American studies and women's literature will thoroughly enjoy this follow-up on Crafts's novel, whether they read it or not."--
— Booklist

"A significant contribution to slave narrative and early American literature scholarship...Essential for all African-American collections."--
— Library Journal

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