{"product_id":"iola-leroy-or-shadows-uplifted-9780143106043","title":"Iola Leroy: Or Shadows Uplifted","description":"\u003cb\u003e A landmark account of the African American experience during the Civil War and its aftermath \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e First published in 1892, this stirring novel by the great writer and activist Frances Harper tells the story of the young daughter of a wealthy Mississippi planter who travels to the North to attend school, only to be sold into slavery in the South when it is discovered that she has Negro blood. After she is freed by the Union army, she works to reunify her family and embrace her heritage, committing herself to improving the conditions for Blacks in America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through her fascinating characters-including Iola's brother, who fights at the front in a colored regiment-Harper weaves a vibrant and provocative chronicle of the Civil War and its consequences through African American eyes in this critical contribution to the nation's literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry Louis Gates, Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e was Professor of English, Comparative Literature, and Africana Studies at Cornell University, and also tenured at Yale, Duke, and Harvard, where he was appointed W.E.B. DuBois professor of humanities in 1991. Professor Gates is the author of \u003cb\u003eFigures in Black: Words, Signs, and the Racial Self, Wonders of the African World, The Signifying Monkey: A Theory of African-American Literary Criticism, Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man, Loose Cannons: Notes on the Culture Wars\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eColored People: A Memoir\u003c\/b\u003e. With Cornel West, he co-wrote \u003cb\u003eThe African American Century: How Black Americans Have Shaped Our Country\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eThe Future of the Race\u003c\/b\u003e. He is also the editor of the critically-acclaimed edition of Our Nig, an annotated reprint of Harriet E. Wilson's 1859 novel, \u003cb\u003eThe Slave's Narrative\u003c\/b\u003e (with the late Charles T. Davis), \u003cb\u003eAfricana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African-American Experience, Six Women's Slave Narratives\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eIn the House of Oshugbo: Critical Essays on Wole Soyinka\u003c\/b\u003e. He is a recipient of the MacArthur Prize.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50662112723218,"sku":"9780143106043","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_451b8324-1306-480c-810b-dbca2dac876c.jpg?v=1733513029","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/iola-leroy-or-shadows-uplifted-9780143106043","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}