Recovering Five Generations Hence The Life and Writing of Lillian Jones Horace |
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| Author:
| Kossie-Chernyshev, Karen |
| Series title: | Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas a&M University Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-60344-977-9 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2013 |
| Publisher: | Texas A&M University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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Born in the 1880s in Jefferson, Texas, Lillian B. Jones Horace dreamed of being a college-educated teacher. Her struggles convinced her that education, particularly that involving the printed word, was the key to black liberation. In 1916 she wrote a back-to-Africa novel, Five Generations Hence, the earliest known utopian novel by any African American woman. In this book, the full text of Horace's Five Generations Hence, annotated and contextualised by Karen Kossie-Chernyshev, is...
More DescriptionBorn in the 1880s in Jefferson, Texas, Lillian B. Jones Horace dreamed of being a college-educated teacher. Her struggles convinced her that education, particularly that involving the printed word, was the key to black liberation. In 1916 she wrote a back-to-Africa novel, Five Generations Hence, the earliest known utopian novel by any African American woman. In this book, the full text of Horace's Five Generations Hence, annotated and contextualised by Karen Kossie-Chernyshev, is presented for examination.