Pauline Hopkins

Of One Blood (eBook, ePUB)

Or, the Hidden Self: The Givens Collection

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Produktbeschreibung

"Of One Blood" is the last of four novels written by Pauline Hopkins. She is considered by some to be "the most prolific African-American woman writer and the most influential literary editor of the first decade of the twentieth century, though she is one of the lesser known literary figures of the much lauded Harlem Renaissance. "Of One Blood" first appeared in serial form in "Colored American Magazine" in the November and December 1902 and the January 1903 issues of the publication, during the four-year period that Hopkins served as its editor.

Hopkins tells the story of Reuel Briggs, a medical student who couldn't care less about being black and appreciating African history, but finds himself in Ethiopia on an archeological trip. His motive is to raid the country of lost treasures -- which he does find in the ancient land. However, he discovers much more than he bargained for: the painful truth about blood, race, and the half of his history that was never told. Hopkins wrote the novel intending, in her own words, to "raise the stigma of degradation from [the Black] race." The title, "Of One Blood, " refers to the biological kinship of all human beings.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781451604351
• Artikelnr.: 37903532

Autorenporträt

Paulene Hopkins was born in 1859 in Portland, Maine, but was raised in Boston, Massachusetts, by her parents Northrup Hopkins and Sarah Allen. Her skill as a writer gained recognition in 1874, when, at the age of fifteen, she received first prize in a contest for her essay titled Evils of Intemperance and Their Remedy. At the age of twenty, she completed her first play, Slaves' Escape, or, The Underground Railroad, which was later performed in a stage production and renamed Peculiar Sam.

Inhaltsangabe

Series Foreword ix
Introduction: The Afritopian Cryptopolis xv
Minister Faust
Chapter I 1
Chapter II 11
Chapter III 17
Chapter IV 27
Chapter V 39
Chapter VI 49
Chapter VII 59
Chapter VIII 69
Chapter IX 77
Chapter X 83
Chapter XI 97
Chapter XII 105
Chapter XIII 117
Chapter XIV 123
Chapter XV 133
Chapter XVI 145
Chapter XVII 159
Chapter XVIII 169
Chapter XIX 183
Chapter XX 189
Chapter XXI 197
Chapter XXII 205
Chapter XXIII 209
Chapter XXIV 217