Making Crooked Paths Straight: Crossroads and Conversion in The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African, Written by HImself (1789)

by Wilfred David Samuels

The premise of Making Crooked Paths Straight is that Equiano's The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, The African, Written by Himself (1789) is more than unadorned prose written by a simple minded former enslaved African who, in the end, desired to emulate the ways of his former English enslavers, obfuscate his identity, and merely be a financially successful bookseller and businessman. Throughout this study,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1516881079
• ISBN13: 9781516881079
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"