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Plot summary. Themes. Literary significance and criticism. See also. References. Bibliography. External links. Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted, an 1892 novel by Frances E. W. Harper, is one of the first novels published by an African-American woman.
- Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
- 1892
Há 6 dias · The main character, Iola Leroy, embodies race, gender, and class contradictions in American society when she realizes she is black, is enslaved, and loses her status as a wealthy white woman. But unlike the tragic mulattoes of nineteenth-century literature, Iola does not become a victim.
28 de fev. de 2018 · Iola Leroy: or, Shadows Uplifted. Frances E. W. Harper. Broadview Press, Feb 28, 2018 - Fiction - 375 pages. Frances Harper’s fourth novel follows the life of the beautiful, light-skinned...
Learn about the novel Iola Leroy by Frances Harper, a story of a mixed-race woman in the post-Civil War era. Find summaries, quotes, themes, and analysis of the book.
A digital version of the third edition of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's novel Iola Leroy, published in 1892. The novel depicts the lives of African Americans after the Civil War and the emancipation of slaves.
Iola Leroy was originally published in 1892, during a time of black disenfranchisement, lynching, and Jim Crow laws. It is the story of a “refined mulatto” raised to believe she’s white until she and her mother are sold into slavery. Iola becomes an outspoken advocate for her people and a critic of race-mixing.
The beautiful, refined daughter of a wealthy Mississippi planter and slaveholder, Iola Leroy leads a privileged life and attends school in the North. But a family tragedy leads to a stunning...
