Research Catalog
The confessions of Nat Turner
- Title
- The confessions of Nat Turner / by William Styron.
- Author
- Styron, William, 1925-2006.
- Publication
- New York : Random House, [1967]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc Fic (Styron, W. Confessions of Nat Turner) | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc Fic (Styron, W. Confessions of Nat Turner) | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc D 17-161 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | D-18 136 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xvi, 428 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- "The Confessions of Nat Turner reveals in unforgettable human terms the agonizing essence of Negro slavery. Through the mind of a slave, William Styron has re-created a catastrophic event, and dramatized the intermingled miseries, frustrations-and hopes-which caused this extraordinary black man to rise up out of the early mists of our history and strike down those who had held his people in bondage."
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biographical fiction.
- Fiction.
- Note
- Schomburg 2nd and 3rd copy with dust jacket.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Also issued online.
- Awards (note)
- Pulitzer Prize, Fiction, 1968.
- Contents
- The Confessions of Nat Turner is not only a masterpiece of storytelling; is also reveals in unforgettable human terms the agonizing essence of Negro slavery. Through the mind of a slave, Willie Styron has re-created a catastrophic event, and dramatized the intermingled miseries, frustrations -- and hopes -- which caused this extraordinary black man to rise up out of the early mists of our history and strike down those who held his people in bondage.
- Call Number
- Sc D 17-161
- LCCN
- 67012732
- OCLC
- 287279
- Author
- Styron, William, 1925-2006.
- Title
- The confessions of Nat Turner / by William Styron.
- Imprint
- New York : Random House, [1967]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Additional Formats
- Also issued online.
- Awards
- Pulitzer Prize, Fiction, 1968.
- Chronological Term
- 1831
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 17-161Sc Fic (Styron, W. Confessions of Nat Turner)D-18 136