Fugitive Texts. Slave Narratives in Antebellum Print Culture, Paperback

Offers the first book-length study of the slave narrative as a material artifact. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Michael Roy reconstructs the publication histories of a number of famous and lesser-known narratives, placing them against the changing backdrop of antebellum print culture.

• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Author(s): Michael Roy
• Illustration(s): 13 b&w illus.
• Translator: Susan Pickford
• Number of pages: 234
• Publication date: 2024
• Dimensions: 228 x 153 x 14
• Cover type: Paperback / softback