Politics and Poetics The Legacy of Frances E. W. Harper
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Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
21.07.2026
Verlag
Wayne State University PressSeitenzahl
336
Maße (L/B)
22.9/15.2 cm
Gewicht
467 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-8143-5308-0
Analyzing the writer as an activist and feminist who helped shape the Black women's movement.
Frances E. W. Harper was a pioneering figure in nineteenth- and twentieth-century African American literature and intellectual thought. A poet, educator, lecturer, essayist, and novelist, she played a key role in the abolitionist and feminist movements, particularly in shaping the Black women's movement. Despite her influence, her work has remained largely overlooked.
In Politics and Poetics, Melba Joyce Boyd explores Harper not only as an activist but as a writer deeply embedded in the African American struggle for "freedom and literacy." Boyd examines Harper's poetry, novels, and speeches through the lenses of race, gender, and class, tracing her radicalism across three periods: the abolitionist years, the pursuit of freedom, and the woman's era. Harper's feminist voice remains strong throughout, particularly as she critiques both slavery and the racism within white feminist circles. Boyd's analysis combines biographical context with thematic and structural insights, illuminating how Harper's art and politics merged to create a powerful, enduring legacy.
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