The Lives of Frederick Douglass

by Robert S. Levine

Book Overview

Frederick Douglass's fluid, changeable sense of his own life story is reflected in the many conflicting accounts he gave of key events and relationships during his journey from slavery to freedom. Nevertheless, when these differing self-presentations are put side by side and consideration is given individually to their rhetorical strategies and historical moment, what emerges is a fascinating collage of Robert S. Levine's elusive subject. The...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674055810
• ISBN13: 9780674055810
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 8.5"