Uncle Tom's Cabin: Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Contexts, Criticism
- ISBN-10
- 039328378X
- ISBN-13
- 9780393283785
- Series
- Uncle Tom's Cabin
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 648
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018
- Author
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
Description
This Norton Critical Edition includes:The 1852 first book edition, accompanied by Elizabeth Ammons's preface, note on the text, and explanatory annotations.Twenty-two illustrations.A rich selection of historical documents on slavery and abolitionism.Seventeen critical reviews spanning more than 160 years.A Chronology, A Brief Time Line of Slavery in America, and an updated Selected Bibliography.About the SeriesRead by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format--annotated text, contexts, and criticism--helps students to better understand, analyze, and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.
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