Novel Bondage Slavery, Marriage, and Freedom in Nineteenth-Century America |
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| Author:
| Chakkalakal, Tess |
| ISBN: | 978-0-252-07904-7 |
| Publication Date: | May 2013 |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $27.00 |
Book Description:
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Reworking classic literary texts to explore the unconventional union of slave-marriageFilling a long-standing gap in our knowledge about slave-marriage, Novel Bondage unravels the interconnections between marriage, slavery, and freedom through renewed readings of canonical nineteenth-century novels and short stories by black and white authors. ......
Reworking classic literary texts to explore the unconventional union of slave-marriageFilling a long-standing gap in our knowledge about slave-marriage, Novel Bondage unravels the interconnections between marriage, slavery, and freedom through renewed readings of canonical nineteenth-century novels and short stories by black and white authors. ......