Hagar's Daughter: A Story of Southern Caste Prejudice (Broadview Editions) - Softcover

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John Cullen Gruesser is a Senior Research Scholar at Sam Houston State University. Alisha R. Knight is an Associate Professor of English and American Studies at Washington College.

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Hagar's Daughter is Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins's first serial novel, published in the Boston-based Colored American Magazine (1901-02). The novel features concealed and mistaken identities, dramatic revelations, and extraordinary plot twists, including a high-profile murder trial, an abduction plot, and a steady succession of surprises as the young black maid Venus Johnson assumes male clothing to solve a series of mysteries. Because Hagar's Daughter demonstrates Hopkins's keen sense of history, use of multiple literary genres, emphasis on gender roles, and political engagement, it provides the perfect introduction to the author and her era.

In the appendices to this Broadview Edition, advertising, other writing by Hopkins and her contemporaries, and reviews situate the work within the popular literature and political culture of its time.