Gender Identity in the Slave Narratives by Harriet Jacobs and Frederick Douglass

by Julia Knoth

Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Kassel (Anglistik/Amerikanistik Literaturwissenschaft), course: American Renaissance, language: English, abstract: Douglass's and Jacob's slave narratives deal with the reconstruction of identity. The recreation of Frederick Douglass's own identity is seen as an "argument for an end to slavery's denial of individuality and creativity". This process...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3668697914
• ISBN13: 9783668697911
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Length: 30 Pages
• Weight: 0.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.8" x 8.3"