Clotel
or, The President's Daughter
$31.33
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
15 December 2000
Summary
The first novel published by an African American, Clotel takes up the story, in circulation at the time, that Thomas Jefferson fathered an illegitimate mulatto daughter who was sold into slavery. Powerfully reimagining this story, and weaving together a variety of contemporary source materials, Brown fills the novel with daring escapes and encounters, as well as searing depictions of the American slave trade. An innovative and challenging work of literary invention, Clotel i…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780679783237 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0679783237 |
| Author: | William W. Brown, Hilton Als |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Modern Library Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 15 December 2000 |
| Weight: | 224g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 130mm x 15mm |
| Series: | Modern Library Classics |
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“A remarkable beginning for African-American fiction.” –Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
“A remarkable beginning for African-American fiction.”–Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
About The Author
William W. Brown
William Wells Brown (ca. 1814-1884) was an abolitionist and social reformer best remembered as the United States’ first black novelist and playwright, as well as one of the earliest African-American historians. After escaping from slavery on New Year’s Day in 1834, he went on to publish a bestselling memoir, a collection of antislavery songs, the novel Clotel, and many other highly regarded works.
Hilton Als is a staff writer for The New Yorker. His work also appears in The New York Review of Books. He is the author of The Women and White Girls. He lives in New York.
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