{"product_id":"9780313318757-rethinking-the-slave-narrative","title":"Rethinking the Slave Narrative","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSlave Marriage and the Narratives of Henry Bibb and William and Ellen Craft\u003cbr\u003eThis text studies the role of marriage in the slave narratives of Henry Bibb and William and Ellen Craft. It establishes the influence of those narratives on the fiction of Frederick Douglass, William Wells Brown and Martin Delany, and re-examines assumptions about slave narratives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe African American slave narrative is popularly viewed as the story of a lone male's flight from slavery to freedom, best exemplified by the \u003ci\u003eNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave\u003c\/i\u003e (1845). On the other hand, critics have also given much attention to Harriet Jacobs's \u003ci\u003eIncidents in the Life of a Slave Girl\u003c\/i\u003e (1861), to indicate how the form could have been different if more women had written in it. But in stressing the narratives of Douglass and Jacobs as models for the genre, scholars have ignored the formal and thematic importance of marriage and family in the slave narrative, since neither author explores slave marriage in their works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book examines the central role of marriage in \u003ci\u003eThe Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave\u003c\/i\u003e (1849) and \u003ci\u003eRunning a Thousand Miles for Freedom; or the Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery\u003c\/i\u003e (1860). Bibb's slave wife and child account for significant innovations in the form and content of his narrative, while the Crafts' mutual dependence as a married couple results in a sustained use of dramatic irony. The volume closes by offering a thoughtful consideration of the influence of Bibb and the Crafts on the later fiction of Douglass, William Wells Brown, and Martin Delany. In doing so, it invites a critical reexamination of current assumptions about slave narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55209836314998,"sku":"9780313318757","price":122.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_26707687.jpg?v=1738234084","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780313318757-rethinking-the-slave-narrative","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}