This book provides outstanding, in-depth scholarship by renowned literary critics. It is a great starting point for students seeking an introduction to the theme and the critical discussions surrounding it. Edited by Kimberly Drake, who directs the writing program and teaches writing and American literature and culture at Scripps College, this volume includes chapters on the more widely read slave narratives, including those by Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, and Solomon Northup, but also relatively lesser-known narratives, such as neo-slave narrative novels and slave narratives about slavery outside the U.S. Individual chapters will provide researchers with a wide range of approaches to the slave narrative genre, and the volume's Preface discusses the history of the slave narrative genre from its origins to the present day, where it makes its way into popular films and novels. - Publisher.