The Curse of Caste is the earliest published novel by an African American woman yet to be discovered.
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The Curse of Caste; or the Slave Bride by Julia C. Collins
The Curse of Caste is the earliest published novel by an African American woman yet to be discovered.
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The groundbreaking research and expert criticism conducted by Andrews and Kachun is re-shaping scholarly discussion of The Curse of Caste itself and early African American literature in general.- Willie J. Harrell Jr., Southern Quaterly This text enlightens today's reader in matters of representations of race, African American women's authorial venues, and the readership of newspapers during Reconstruction. The editing is careful and clear. Essential.--F. Martin, Choice This text enlightens today's reader in matters of representations of race, African American women's authorial venues, and the readership of newspapers during Reconstruction. The editing is careful and clear. Essential.--F. Martin, Choice The Curse of Caste; or The Slave Bride, is believed by some scholars to be the first novel ever published by an African-American woman. Whatever the case, The Curse of Caste provides insights into contemporary attitudes about black women's sexuality and miscegenation.--Dinitia Smith, The New York Times This republication of Julia C. Collins' Civil-War era novel represents a remarkable act of literary recovery. Collins' work and the invaluable supporting material accompanying it here deeply enrich our understanding of American life during her turbulent times.--Dickson D. Bruce, Jr., University of California, Irvine, author of The Origins of African American Literature, 1680-1865 Following the precedent set by Harriet Wilson's Our Nig, Julia Collins' The Curse of Caste is a compelling, imaginative rendering of the intersections of race and class at the close of the Civil War. William Andrews is the leading scholar of 19th century African American literature, and the work of Andrews and Mitch Kachun on The Curse of Caste is a model of judicious and sensitive editing.--Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Harvard University
About Julia C. Collins
William L. Andrews is E. Maynard Adams Professor of English and Senior Associate Dean for Fine Arts and Humanities at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of The Literary Career of Charles W. Chesnutt and To Tell a Free Story: The First Century of Afro-American Autobiography, 1760-1865. Mitch Kachun is Associate Professor of History at Western Michigan University. He is author of Festivals of Freedom: Memory and Meaning in African American Emancipation Celebrations, 1808-1915.
Table of Contents
Forward by Frances Smith Foster Editors' Introduction Notes to Introduction Editorial Note by Anne Bruder The Curse of Caste; or The Slave Bride, 1865 Two Alternate Conclusions to The Curse of Caste The Essays of Julia C. Collins, 1864-1865 Reading Group Guide Notes Acknowledgments
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CIN0195301609G
9780195301601
0195301609
The Curse of Caste; or the Slave Bride by Julia C. Collins
Winner of *Choice* Outstanding Academic Book 2007.
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