1st Edition
The Foremother Figure in Early Black Women's Literature Clothed in my Right Mind
By Jacqueline K. Bryant
Copyright 1999
174 Pages
by
Routledge
174 Pages
by
Routledge
174 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1999 The Foremother Figure in Early Black Women's Literature looks at how stereotypical foremother figure exists in nineteenth century American literature. The book argues that older black woman portrayed in early black women’s works differs significantly from the older black women portrayed in early white women’s works. The foremother figure, then emerging in early... Read more
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. The Mammy in Early White Female Writers: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Caroline Lee Hentz, and Kate Chopin
3. Rhetoric of Freedom: Jacob’s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself
4. Grandmothers, Mothers, and Acquaintances: The Novels of Frances E.W. Harper
5. Aunt Henny and Aunt Hannah in the Novels of Pauline Hopkins
6. Finding the Foremother in Fauset
7. Conclusion: The Legacy of the Foremother
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Bryant, Jacqueline K.
