Iola Leroy Or Shadows Uplifted |
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| Author:
| Harper, Frances E. W. |
| Introduction by:
| Foster, Frances Smith |
| Series title: | The ^ASchomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-506324-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1990 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $34.99 |
Book Description:
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First published in 1892, Iola Leroy was probably the best-selling novel by an African-American writer prior to the twentieth century. Frances Harper had already gained an international reputation as a writer, lecturer, and political activist when Iola Leroy--her only novel--appeared, as evident by the sizable audience she enjoyed of men and women, black and white, in the U.S., Canada, and England. Her writings reveal her in-depth knowledge of African-American literature as well as of...
More DescriptionFirst published in 1892, Iola Leroy was probably the best-selling novel by an African-American writer prior to the twentieth century. Frances Harper had already gained an international reputation as a writer, lecturer, and political activist when Iola Leroy--her only novel--appeared, as evident by the sizable audience she enjoyed of men and women, black and white, in the U.S., Canada, and England. Her writings reveal her in-depth knowledge of African-American literature as well as of other literatures, and through this novel we can see the preferences and aesthetic assumptions of her nineteenth-century audience.