The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano - Softcover

Equiano, Olaudah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312442033 ISBN 13: 9780312442033

Publisher: Bedford/st Martins, 2006

Synopsis

Widely admired for its vivid accounts of the slave trade, Olaudah Equiano's autobiography -- the first slave narrative to attract a significant readership -- reveals many aspects of the eighteenth-century Western world through the experiences of one individual. The second edition reproduces the original London printing, supervised by Equiano in 1789. Robert J. Allison's introduction, which places Equiano's narrative in the context of the Atlantic slave trade, has been revised and updated to reflect the heated controversy surrounding Equiano's birthplace, as well as the latest scholarship on Atlantic history and the history of slavery. Improved pedagogical features include contemporary illustrations with expanded captions and a map showing Equiano's travels in greater detail. Helpful footnotes provide guidance throughout the eighteenth-century text, and a chronology and an up-to-date bibliography aid students in their study of this thought-provoking narrative.

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Product Description:

[ Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Written by Himself Bedford Series in History & Culture (Paperback) By ( Author ) Apr-2006 Paperback

Review:

"Equiano's Narrative was so richly structured that it became the prototype of the nineteenth-century slave narrative."
--Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bedford/st Martins
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0312442033
• ISBN 13: 9780312442033
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 244
• Editor: Allison Robert J.