An Account Of A Female Slave

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Discrimination & Race Relations, Biography & Memoir, Historical
Cover of the book An Account Of A Female Slave by Martha Griffith Browne, Jazzybee Verlag
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Martha Griffith Browne ISBN: 9783849643898
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag Publication: April 24, 2014
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Martha Griffith Browne
ISBN: 9783849643898
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
Publication: April 24, 2014
Imprint:
Language: English

Another example of the fictitious slave narrative is this book, An Account of a Female Slave (1857), which suggests the narrative only in title. Although no convincing proof is offered that the book deals with fact and the names of places in the story are not spelled in full, there is an elaborate plot, with climax and abundant subaction; a conspicuous effort at literary finish is discernible—all evidences that the book is not the unpretentious record of truth it purports to be. Moreover, the author was considerably influenced by Uncle Tom's Cabin. Except for his sex John Peterkin is an-other little Eva: he has the same excessively precocious and angelic nature; he talks in the same wise and prophetic strain; and he, also, fades away and dies, a flower too good for this wicked and slavery-cursed world. Everywhere there is an abundance of sentimentality—much weeping, sighing, poetizing, affected expression of feeling. Even the slaves are sentimental, especially the almost white heroine, who speaks of watering the lovely flowers with her tears, as though this were nothing out of the ordinary, and who preserves, as her chief and dearest treasure, the note her lover wrote before killing himself to escape slavery.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Another example of the fictitious slave narrative is this book, An Account of a Female Slave (1857), which suggests the narrative only in title. Although no convincing proof is offered that the book deals with fact and the names of places in the story are not spelled in full, there is an elaborate plot, with climax and abundant subaction; a conspicuous effort at literary finish is discernible—all evidences that the book is not the unpretentious record of truth it purports to be. Moreover, the author was considerably influenced by Uncle Tom's Cabin. Except for his sex John Peterkin is an-other little Eva: he has the same excessively precocious and angelic nature; he talks in the same wise and prophetic strain; and he, also, fades away and dies, a flower too good for this wicked and slavery-cursed world. Everywhere there is an abundance of sentimentality—much weeping, sighing, poetizing, affected expression of feeling. Even the slaves are sentimental, especially the almost white heroine, who speaks of watering the lovely flowers with her tears, as though this were nothing out of the ordinary, and who preserves, as her chief and dearest treasure, the note her lover wrote before killing himself to escape slavery.

More books from Jazzybee Verlag

Cover of the book The Sacred Writings of Novatian by Martha Griffith Browne
Cover of the book Egypt: Historical, Descriptive and Picturesque by Martha Griffith Browne
Cover of the book The Animal Story Book by Martha Griffith Browne
Cover of the book The Neville Goddard Lectures, Volume 18 by Martha Griffith Browne
Cover of the book Deutsche Bildnisse by Martha Griffith Browne
Cover of the book Summa Theologica Part II ("Secunda Secundae") by Martha Griffith Browne
Cover of the book Gesammelte Werke by Martha Griffith Browne
Cover of the book Die Abenteuer des Don Sylvio von Rosalva by Martha Griffith Browne
Cover of the book Anne Of Geierstein by Martha Griffith Browne
Cover of the book The Man of Sorrows by Martha Griffith Browne
Cover of the book Kriton by Martha Griffith Browne
Cover of the book The Path of Light by Martha Griffith Browne
Cover of the book Myths And Legends Of The Pacific Northwest by Martha Griffith Browne
Cover of the book Chunqiu - Frühling und Herbst des Lü Bu We by Martha Griffith Browne
Cover of the book Münchnerinnen by Martha Griffith Browne
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy