| Description |
xxvi, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Revisiting New England
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Revisiting New England.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. New Hampshire's "Shadows" : context and history -- Of bottles and books : reconsidering the readers of Harriet Wilson's Our Nig / Eric Gardner -- Harriet Wilson's mentors : the Walkers of Worcester / Barbara A. White -- George and Timothy Blanchard : surviving and thriving in nineteenth-century Milford / Reginald H. Pitts -- "As soon as I saw my sable brother, I felt more at home" : Sampson Battis, Harriet Wilson, and New Hampshire town history / David H. Watters -- New Hampshire forgot : African Americans in a community by the sea / Valerie Cunningham -- pt. 2. Reading "Sketches from the life of a free Black" : genre and gender -- Slavery's shadows : narrative Chiaroscuro and Our Nig / Mary Louise Kete -- Recovered autobiographies and the marketplace : Our Nig's generic genealogies and Harriet Wilson's entrepreneurial enterprise / P. Gabrielle Foreman -- The disorderly girl in Harriet E. Wilson's Our Nig / Lisa E. Green -- Beyond the page : rape and the failure of genre / Cassandra Jackson -- Miss Marsh's uncommon school reform / Eve Allegra Raimon -- Fairy tales and Our Nig : feminist approaches to teaching Harriet Wilson's novel / Helen Frink -- pt. 3. "A faithful band of supporters and defenders" : personal reflections -- Losing equilibrium : Harriet E. Wilson, Frado, and me / John Ernest -- Discovering Harriet Wilson in my own backyard / William Allen -- A conversation with Tami Sanders / Gloria Henry -- Not somewhere else, but here / JerriAnne Boggis. |
| Subject |
Wilson, Harriet E., 1825-1900 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Wilson, Harriet E., 1825-1900. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Wilson, Harriet E., 1825-1900. Our Nig.
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Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Women and literature. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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African American women authors.
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African American women authors. |
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Race in literature.
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Race in literature. |
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Religion and literature.
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Religion and literature. |
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New England -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
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New England. |
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Intellectual life. |
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New England -- In literature.
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| Added Author |
Boggis, JerriAnne.
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Raimon, Eve Allegra, 1957-
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White, Barbara A. (Barbara Ann), 1942-
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| ISBN |
9781584656425 paperback alkaline paper |
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9781584656418 alkaline paper |
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1584656417 alkaline paper |
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1584656425 paperback alkaline paper |
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