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The life and poems of a Cuban slave / Juan Francisco Manzano, 1797-1854 ; edited by Edward J. Mullen.

Title
The life and poems of a Cuban slave / Juan Francisco Manzano, 1797-1854 ; edited by Edward J. Mullen.
Author
Manzano, Juan Francisco, 1797-1854.
Publication
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

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Mullen, Edward J., 1942-
Description
ix, 221 pages; 23 cm.
Summary
Out of print for nearly two decades, Edward Mullen's scholarly edition of Juan Francisco Manzano's autobiography and poetry has long been considered the standard text for understanding this remarkable figure's life and work. This revised second edition builds upon the achievement of the first, taking into account the wealth of academic literature that has appeared on Manzano since 1981. Providing a thorough historical, cultural, and literary contextualization, this is an accessible, essential resource for scholars and students of Caribbean literatures.
Subject
  • Manzano, Juan Francisco, 1797-1854
  • Slavery > Cuba > History > Sources
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy
  • Slavery
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture
  • Cuba > Poetry
Genre/Form
  • History
  • Sources.
  • Cuban poetry – Black authors.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Preface to the second edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction : poems by a slave in the island of Cuba -- Preface -- The slave-trade merchant -- The sugar estate -- Life of the negro poet -- Poems, written in slavery / by Juan -- To death -- To calumny -- Religion: an ode -- Years -- The cucuya; or fire-fly -- The clock that gains -- The dream -- A specimen of inedited Cuban poems -- Appendix -- In re, slave trade : questions addressed to senor of Havana / by R. R. Madden -- Questions respecting the state of religion in Cuba, addressed to senor of the Havana / by R. R. M -- Necessity of separating the Irish in America from the sin of slavery -- Bartholomew las Casas -- Evils of the Cuban slave-trade -- Conditions of slaves in Cuba -- Laws for the protection of slaves in Cuba -- Emancipation of slaves in Cuba -- Glossary -- Manzano's poems in the original Spanish -- Mis Treinta Años -- El relox adelantado -- La cocuyera -- Bibliography -- Index.
ISBN
  • 9781137481368 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 1137481366 (hardback : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2014024384
OCLC
883510658
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library