New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2012. Robert B Stepto, Jennifer Rae Greeson (eds). First Edition. Paperback. Fourteen conjure tales by one of America’s most influential African American fiction writers. This Norton Critical Edition of The Conjure Stories arranges the tales chronologically by composition date, allowing readers to discern..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2012. Werner Sollors (ed.). First Edition. Paperback. The Norton Critical Edition of this hugely influential novel gives readers the fullest possible sense of its historical background and critical assessment. Inspired by the 1898 Wilmington Riot and the eyewitness accounts of Charles W. Chesnutt’s..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2017. William L. Andrews, William S. McFeely (eds.). Second Edition. Paperback. This revision of the acclaimed and widely assigned Norton Critical Edition of Frederick Douglass’s great autobiography Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself includes key examples of..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2019. Frances Smith Foster, Richard Yarborough (eds.). Second Edition. Paperback. “Accompanied by historical photographs, public statements, and correspondence, and by a well-selected sampling of modern criticism, this Norton Critical Edition will stimulate many classroom discussions in years to come.” —Werner Sollors, Harvard University... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2015. Jacqueline Goldsby (ed.). First Edition. Paperback. The Norton Critical Edition of this influential Harlem Renaissance novel includes related materials available in no other edition. Known only as the “Ex-Colored Man,” the protagonist in Johnson’s novel is forced to choose between celebrating his..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2017. Henry Louis Gates Jr., Kevin M Burke (eds.). First Edition. Paperback. This Norton Critical Edition of Solomon Northup’s harrowing autobiography is based on the 1853 first edition. It is accompanied by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Kevin Burke’s introduction and detailed explanatory footnotes..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988. First Edition. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Heavy item, additional handling fees for local delivery. In Parting the Waters, the first volume of his essential America in the King Years series, Pulitzer Prize winner Taylor Branch gives a “compelling…masterfully told” (The Wall Street Journal) account of..... More
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1984. Reprint. Paperback. A retelling of the story of Moses serves as an allegory for the struggle of American Blacks for release from slavery. More
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