Our nig, or, Sketches from the life of a free black /
This literary classic tells of a mixed-race girl, Frado, who is abandoned by her white mother after the death of the child's black father. Author Harriet Wilson combined and subverted two literary styles, the sentimental novel and the slave narrative, in writing Our Nig.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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[New York, N.Y.] :
Penguin Books,
2009.
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| Series: | Penguin classics.
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| Summary: | This literary classic tells of a mixed-race girl, Frado, who is abandoned by her white mother after the death of the child's black father. Author Harriet Wilson combined and subverted two literary styles, the sentimental novel and the slave narrative, in writing Our Nig. |
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| Item Description: | Includes an expanded introduction and appendix. Work previously published in Penguin Books, 2005. |
| Physical Description: | lxi, 109 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780143105763 0143105760 |
