The work of the Afro-American woman / by Mrs. N. F. Mossell ; introduction by Joanne Braxton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mossell, N. F., Mrs., 1855-1948, author.

Contributor:

Braxton, Joanne M., writer of introduction.

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

Series:

Schomburg library of nineteenth-century Black women writers

The Schomburg library of nineteenth-century Black women writers.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American women.

African American women--Poetry.

Genre:

Poetry.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xlii, 178 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : portrait ; 17 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.

Summary:

The birth of the Afro-American literary tradition occurred in 1773, when Phillis Wheatly published a book of poetry. Despite the fact that her book garnered for her a remarkable amount of attention, Wheatly's journey to the printer had been a most arduous one.

Contents:

The work of the Afro-American Woman

A sketch of Afro-American Literature

The Afro-American Woman in Verse

Our Women in Journalism

Our Afro-American Representatives at the World's Fair

The Opposite Point of View

A Lofty Study

Caste in Universities

Verse.

Notes:

Reprint of Second Edition. Originally published: Philadelphia : Geo. S. Ferguson Company, 1908.

"Whenever possible, the volumes in this set were reproduced directly from original materials. When availability, physical condition of original texts, or other circumstances prohibited this, volumes or portions of volumes were reset."--Publisher's Note.

"'The Work' itself is divided into two sections, the first a series of essays and the second a collection of poems. The essays treat topics related to the development of the literature and culture of black American women."--Introduction.

Includes bibliographical references.

Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards - Nonfiction, Winner, 1989

Local Notes:

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

ISBN:

019505265X

OCLC:

59175652