The Life of Olaudah Equiano - Couverture rigide

Equiano, Olaudah

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ISBN 10 : 1945644907 ISBN 13 : 9781945644900

Editeur : Chump Change, 1789

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African, first published in 1789, is the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano. The narrative is argued to be a variety of styles, such as a slavery narrative, travel narrative, and spiritual narrative. The book describes Equiano's time spent in enslavement, and documents his attempts at becoming an independent man through his study of the Bible, and his eventual success in gaining his own freedom and in business thereafter.

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano was one of the first widely read slave narratives. Eight editions were printed during the author's lifetime, and it was translated into Dutch and German. The structure and rhetorical strategies of the book were influential and created a model for subsequent slave narratives.The different kinds of aspects and ideas in his narrative, such as travel, religion, and slavery, cause some readers to debate what kind of narrative his writing is: a slavery narrative, a spiritual narrative, or a travel narrative.

The work has proven so influential in the study of African and African American literature, that it is frequently taught in both English literature and History classrooms in universities. The work has also been republished in the influential Heinemann African Writers Series.

— Wikipedia

NOTE:
This copy notably contains volume 1 and 2 of the narrative. This also contains a table of contents and page numbers.

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Biographie de l'auteur :

First African and then Western slave traders brought his Edenic childhood experiences to an end. Kidnapped, he was taken away from the womb-like Gemeinshaft and his father’s compound in which he had been favored and nurtured. Commodified, he was placed in the hold of a slave ship for the brutal journey through the Middle Passage to the ‘New World,’ where the ultimate symbol of his status were the various names he was given by slave masters whose ‘ownership’ of him empowered them to desecrate his name.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Chump Change
• Date d'édition: 1789
• ISBN 10: 1945644907
• ISBN 13: 9781945644900
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 106