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Chapter 28 - Paratexts

from Part VI - Afterlives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2021

By
Howard Rambsy
Edited by
Michaël Roy
Michaël Roy
Affiliation:
Université Paris Nanterre
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (1845), which has appeared in more than four hundred editions, is one of the most enduring and widely available African American texts. More than three dozen editions of the book have appeared in print since 1990. The variety of editions includes an ever-expanding body of paratexts such as chronologies, notes, bibliographies, and study guides, which reveal the extent to which publishers, editors, and scholars continually redesign Douglass’s book for new generations of readers. Investigations of Narrative editions and paratexts enhance views of one of our most well-known writers and books.

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Frederick Douglassparatextsbook historyprint cultureNarrative of the Life of Frederick DouglasseditionsAfrican American literatureAfrican American scholars
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Frederick Douglass in Context , pp. 343 - 355
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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  • Paratexts
  • Edited by Michaël Roy
  • Book: Frederick Douglass in Context
  • Online publication: 16 June 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108778688.035
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  • Paratexts
  • Edited by Michaël Roy
  • Book: Frederick Douglass in Context
  • Online publication: 16 June 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108778688.035
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  • Paratexts
  • Edited by Michaël Roy
  • Book: Frederick Douglass in Context
  • Online publication: 16 June 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108778688.035
Available formats
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