Debating the slave trade : rhetoric of British national identity, 1759-1815 /

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Srividhya Swaminathan examines contemporary books, pamphlets, and literary works to trace the changes in rhetorical strategies utilized by both sides of the abolitionist debate. Suggesting that the debate to abolish the slave trade helped to construct a British national identity and character, she r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Swaminathan, Srividhya
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2009.
Colección:Ashgate series in nineteenth-century transatlantic studies.
Temas:
1700-1899
Geschichte 1759-1815.
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Slavery in literature.
Antislavery movements > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Antislavery movements > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
English language > 18th century > Rhetoric.
English language > 19th century > Rhetoric.
Antislavery movements in literature.
Slave trade in literature.
Littérature anglaise > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Esclavage dans la littérature.
Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Anglais (Langue) > 18e siècle > Rhétorique.
Anglais (Langue) > 19e siècle > Rhétorique.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes dans la littérature.
Traite des esclaves dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Antislavery movements
Antislavery movements in literature
English language > Rhetoric
English literature
Slave trade in literature
Slavery in literature
Great Britain
Englisch.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Building a common vocabulary: the language of reform and the slave-trade debates
  • Converging arguments in British resistance: writing from the colonies to Great Britain, 1759-1776
  • Proliferating antislavery arguments and the creation of an activist community, 1772-1789
  • The proslavery rebuttal: developing new strategies of defense, 1770-1789.

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