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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フォーマット: | 図書 |
言語: | English |
出版事項: |
Athens, Ohio :
Ohio University Press,
[2016]
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シリーズ: | New approaches to Midwestern studies.
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要約: | 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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物理的記述: | 1 online resource (xvi, 163 pages) : illustrations |
書誌: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780821445860 0821445863 |