Minnie's Sacrifice, Sowing and Reaping, Trial and Triumph: Three Rediscovered Novels, Frances E. W. Harper

By Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

Book Overview

Edited by Frances Smith Foster Winner of the College Language Association Book Award Frances Smith Foster has rediscovered three novels by Frances E. W. Harper that were originally serialized in The Christian Recorder between 1868 and 1888. These works, the first written for African-Americans, address issues of passing, social responsibility, sexuality, and temperance. "Foster's discovery . . . may well be the literary find of the century." - Quarterly Black Review

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080708333X
• ISBN13: 9780807083338
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Beacon Press (MA)
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.7"