The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano.(Review)

From: African American Review | Date: September 22, 2001 | Copyright information

Costanzo, Angelo, ed. The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, The African. Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview Literary Texts, 2001. 330

At a recent conference in Idaho, William L. Andrews spoke of the dramatic increase in scholarly concern with the early period of African American literature. A good example is this new edition of Equiano, the key figure of his time, following closely on the publication of Ja...

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