Frances E. W. Harper (1825–1911)
Autore di Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted
Sull'Autore
Popular with both African American and white audiences, Frances Ellen Harper's poetry, novels, short stories, and lectures reflected her antislavery and antiracist attitudes, going beyond these themes to address broader social issues, such as women's suffrage and temperance. Born to a free family mostra altro in Baltimore, Harper was encouraged to read and write by her employer, the wife of a bookseller. She moved to the free state of Ohio in 1850, where she taught, spoke for the Anti-Slavery Society of Maine, and published her popular Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects (1854). Her novel, Iola Leroy (1892), depicts a slave family's effort to reunite after emancipation. It was the first work to chronicle the Reconstruction South from an African American point of view. Although criticized by some as overly sentimental and unrealistic, the novel must be seen in context as an appeal for readers' sympathy and understanding. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Frances E. W. Harper
Minnie's Sacrifice, Sowing and Reaping, Trial and Triumph: Three Rediscovered Novels (1994) 39 copie
Atlanta Offering: Poems 1 copia
“Bury Me in a Free Land 1 copia
The Two Offers 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Heath Anthology of American Literature, Volume 1 (1990) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni — 255 copie
Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent from the Ancient… (1992) — Collaboratore — 159 copie
Reconstruction: Voices from America's First Great Struggle for Racial Equality (LOA #303) (The Library of America) (2018) — Collaboratore — 110 copie
In Search of Color Everywhere: A Collection of African-American Poetry (1656) — Collaboratore — 100 copie
The African-American Novel in the Age of Reaction: 3 Classics Iola Leroy or Shadows Uplifted The Marrow Tradition The… (1992) — Collaboratore — 34 copie
Centers of the Self: Stories by Black American Women, from the Nineteenth Century to the Present (1994) — Collaboratore — 28 copie
The Unforgetting Heart: An Anthology of Short Stories by African American Women (1859-1993) (1993) — Collaboratore — 23 copie
Before Harlem: An Anthology of African American Literature from the Long Nineteenth Century (2016) — Collaboratore — 9 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins
- Data di nascita
- 1825-09-24
- Data di morte
- 1911-02-22
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Causa della morte
- heart disease
- Luogo di residenza
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Ohio, USA
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - Istruzione
- Watkins Academy for Negro Youth, Baltimore
- Attività lavorative
- teacher
tailor
poet
writer
public speaker - Organizzazioni
- National Association of Colored Women
Unitarian Church
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Utenti
Recensioni
Liste
Zora Canon (1)
The Zora Canon (1)
Premi e riconoscimenti
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 15
- Opere correlate
- 30
- Utenti
- 464
- Popolarità
- #53,001
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 3
- ISBN
- 75
- Lingue
- 1
This piece of writing is great--five stars--as a social study of the Civil War and Reconstruction eras. It covers all kinds of territory, from questions of passing and privilege, education, colorism, political advocacy, political corruption, prejudice and racially-motivated extrajudicial violence, and very presciently describes an understanding of race as socially constructed and socialized. However, as a novel it's kind of a mess, and I cannot say the plot really drove me to keep reading. I wish its execution as fiction were as strong as the social and political questions it explores. Considered as one of the first major literary works by a nineteenth-century Black woman writer, it's still very well worth reading in spite of my quibbles!… (altro)