The slave narrative : its place in American history / Marion Wilson Starling.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Starling, Marion Wilson, 1907-

Contributor:

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enslaved persons--United States--Biography--History and criticism.

Enslaved persons.

Intellectual life.

Enslaved persons' writings, American.

United States.

Biography.

African Americans--Biography--History and criticism.

African Americans.

African Americans--Biography.

Enslaved persons' writings, American--History and criticism.

Enslaved persons--United States--Intellectual life.

African Americans--Intellectual life.

Biography as a literary form.

Enslaved persons--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxx, 375 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second Edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Howard University Press, 1988.

Contents:

The Background of the Slave Narrative

The Slave Narrative Before 1836

The Slave Narrative After 1836

The Trustworthiness of the Slave Narrative

The Most Important Slave Narrative

The Literary Significance of the Slave Narratives.

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.--New York University, 1946).

Published in hardcover by G. K. Hall & Co. Publishers, 1981.

Contains author's prologues to first and second editions.

"Cover design by Michael Clark."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-363) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Other Format:

Online version: Starling, Marion Wilson, 1907- Slave narrative.

ISBN:

0882581651

9780882581651

OCLC:

17770941