Driven toward madness the fugitive slave Margaret Garner and tragedy on the Ohio
The story of Margaret Garner-the runaway slave who, when confronted with capture, slit the throat of her toddler daughter rather than have her face a life in slavery-has inspired Toni Morrison's Beloved, a film based on the novel starring Oprah Winfrey, and an opera.
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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Athens, Ohio :
Ohio University Press
[2016]
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Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
New approaches to midwestern studies. |
Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b37361375*spi |
Sumario: | The story of Margaret Garner-the runaway slave who, when confronted with capture, slit the throat of her toddler daughter rather than have her face a life in slavery-has inspired Toni Morrison's Beloved, a film based on the novel starring Oprah Winfrey, and an opera. |
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Descripción Física: | xvi, 163 p. : il |
Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice. |
ISBN: | 9780821445860 |