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Twelve Years a Slave: A Norton Critical Edition

Twelve Years a Slave: A Norton Critical Edition

This Norton Critical Edition of Solomon Northupâ€™s harrowing autobiography is based on the 1853 first edition. It is accompanied by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Kevin Burkeâ€™s introduction and detailed explanatory footnotes.
The Norton Critical Edition also includes:
Â· The illustrations printed in the original book.
Â· Contemporary sources (1853â€•62), among them newspaper accounts of Northupâ€™s kidnapping and ordeal and commentary by Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Thomas W. MacMahon.
Â· A Genealogy of Secondary Sources (1880-2015) presenting twenty-four voices spanning three centuries on the memoirâ€™s major themes. Contributors include George Washington Williams, Marion Wilson Starling, Kenneth Stampp, Robert B. Stepto, Trish Loughran, and David Fiske, Clifford W. Brown, Jr., and Rachel Seligman, among others.
Â· The 2013 film adaptationâ€•12 Years a Slaveâ€•fully considered, with criticism and major reviews of the film as well as Henry Louis Gates's three interviews with its director, Steve McQueen.
Â· A Chronology and Selected Bibliography.
Country USA
Brand W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer W. W. Norton & Company
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2016-12-05
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780393264241

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