Week 7 Discussion -You are Harriet Jacobs's literary

Eng Lit Wk 7

Response to the following discussion activity.  Use  specific references and  direct quotes from our readings this week to illustrate and support your view/s. 

· You are Harriet Jacobs's literary agent. Several publishers have already turned down the chance to publish  Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, claiming that the book diverges too far from the traditional conventions of slave narratives, is too open about sensitive topics like sexual exploitation, and will not be interesting to the general public. You have a meeting scheduled with the Boston firm of Thayer and Eldridge (the eventual publishers of Jacobs's narrative). Prepare your sales pitch by comparing the value of Jacobs and Douglass' autobiographies.

Slavery -- & Selfhood

Frederick Douglass, from  Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (NAAL, Vol. B, pp. 1159-1228); Harriet Jacobs, from  Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl  (NAAL, Vol. B, pp. 909-931)    

https://www.learner.org/series/american-passages-a-literary-survey/slavery-and-freedom/?jwsource=cl

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