Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Sources and ClassicNote Author

  • Jacobs, Harriet. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, written by Herself. New York: Penguin Books, 2000.
  • Beardslee, Karen E. "Through Slave Culture's Lens Comes the Abundant Source: Harriet A. Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl." MELUS, Vol. 24, No. 1: African American Literature (Spring, 1999), pp. 37-58.

  • Cope, Virginia. "'I Verily Believed Myself to Be a Free Woman': Harriet Jacobs' Journey into Capitalism." African American Review, Vol. 38, No. 1 (Spring, 2004), pp. 5-20.

  • Cutter, Martha J. "Dismantling 'The Master's House': Critical Literacy on Harriet Jacobs' 'Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl." Callaloo, Vol. 19, No. 1 (Winter, 1996), pp. 209-225.

  • Moore, Geneva Cobb. "A Freudian Reading of Harriet Jacobs' 'Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl." The Southern Literary Journal, Vol. 38, No. 1 (Fall, 2005), pp. 3-20.

  • Painter, Nell Irwin. Introduction. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, written by Herself. By Harriet Jacobs. New York: Penguin Books, 2000.

  • Stover, Johnnie M. "Nineteenth Century African American Women's Autobiography as Social Discourse: The Example of Harriet Ann Jacobs." College English, Vol. 66, No. 2 (November, 2003), pp. 133-154.

  • Guzzio, Tracy Church. "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, written by Herself." Facts on File. 2012-12-31. <http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE54&SID=5&iPin= EAFL198&SingleRecord=True>.
  • Tynberg, Nan Clare. "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, written by Herself." Facts on File. 2013-01-05. <http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE54&SID=5&iPin= CANov0464&SingleRecord=True>.
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