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Slave Narratives and the Rhetoric of Author Portraiture |
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Lynn Cazmier-Paz argues that author portraits in slave narratives originally functioned as proof of authenticity; by omitting or manipulating them, current editions of these narratives create a crisis of authority.
Author: Lynn A. Cazmier-Paz Originally published: 'Slave Narratives and the Rhetoric of Author Portraiture', New Literary History 34.1 (2003), 91-116 http://muse.jhu.edu/demo/new_literary_history/v034/34.1casmier-paz.html Full article available here |
