The portable Frederick Douglass
(Book)
Uniform Title
Contributors
Stauffer, John, 1965- author.
Published
New York : Penguin Classics, [2016].
Status
Valley Cottage Free Library - Adult Biography & Autobiography
B DOUGLAS
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B DOUGLAS
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Valley Cottage Free Library - Adult Biography & Autobiography | B DOUGLAS | On Shelf |
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New City Library - Adult Nonfiction | 973.8092 DOUGL | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
African American abolitionists -- Biography.
African American orators.
African Americans -- History -- Sources.
Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Douglass, Frederick, -- 1818-1895.
Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography.
Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- African American authors.
African American orators.
African Americans -- History -- Sources.
Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Douglass, Frederick, -- 1818-1895.
Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography.
Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- African American authors.
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Published
New York : Penguin Classics, [2016].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
579 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
A new collection of the seminal writings and speeches of a legendary writer, orator, and civil rights leader This compact volume offers a full course on the remarkable, diverse career of Frederick Douglass, letting us hear once more a necessary historical figure whose guiding voice is needed now as urgently as ever. Edited by renowned scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Pulitzer Prize-nominated historian John Stauffer, The Portable Frederick Douglass includes the full range of Douglass's works: the complete Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, as well as extracts from My Bondage and My Freedom and Life and Times of Frederick Douglass; The Heroic Slave, one of the first works of African American fiction; the brilliant speeches that launched his political career and that constitute the greatest oratory of the Civil War era; and his journalism, which ranges from cultural and political critique (including his early support for women's equality) to law, history, philosophy, literature, art, and international affairs, including a never-before-published essay on Haitian revolutionary Toussaint L'Ouverture. The Portable Frederick Douglass is the latest addition in a series of African American classics curated by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. First published in 2008, the series reflects a selection of great works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry by African and African American authors introduced and annotated by leading scholars and acclaimed writers in new or updated editions for Penguin Classics. In his series essay, "What Is an African American Classic?" Gates provides a broader view of the canon of classics of African American literature available from Penguin Classics and beyond. Gates writes, "These texts reveal the human universal through the African American particular: all true art, all classics do this; this is what 'art' is, a revelation of that which makes each of us sublimely human, rendered in the minute details of the actions and thoughts and feelings of a compelling character embedded in a time and place." For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Douglass, F., & Stauffer, J. (2016). The portable Frederick Douglass . Penguin Classics.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 and John Stauffer. 2016. The Portable Frederick Douglass. Penguin Classics.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 and John Stauffer. The Portable Frederick Douglass Penguin Classics, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Douglass, Frederick, and John Stauffer. The Portable Frederick Douglass Penguin Classics, 2016.
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