Posts Tagged ‘literature’
ESSAY: Gates and Ellis on Harriet Wilson, 19th Century Novelist and Spiritualist
February 19, 2011 in Henry Louis Gates, P. Gabrielle Foreman, R. J. Ellis
Tags: 19th century, african american, essays, literature, religion, united states, women
Quite a late posting. Many apologies on the hiatus. ~JMJOHNSO For more on Wilson as an entrepreneur see Gabrielle Foreman and Katherine Flynn’s 2009 Boston Globe piece here. Gates, Henry Louis, and R. J. Ellis. “Harriet Wilson’s Sunday School.” TheRoot.com, January 10, 2011, sec. Views. http://www.theroot.com/views/harriet-wilson-s-sunday-school. Excerpt: As Gabrielle Foreman and Kathy Flynn have shown, [...]
Allende’s Island Beneath the Sea Tackles Women, Slavery in Haiti, New Orleans
April 29, 2010 in Isabel Allende
Tags: history, literature, news
Her latest novel, “Island Beneath the Sea,” which Allende began four years ago on Jan. 8, tells the story of Zarité, a slave and concubine in Haiti at the turn of the 19th century just before the island’s successful slave rebellion. An orphan who is bought by a French plantation owner, Zarité works for the [...]
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