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Political Antislavery Discourse and American Literature of the 1850s.

This study examines how the political anti-slavery challenge to the North informed American literature of the 1850s. As the works of Stowe, Whittier, Willis, and Whitman reveal, the political discourse and literature were branches of the same project: to expose compromise with slavery as a threat to...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Grant, David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : University of Delaware, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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520 |a This study examines how the political anti-slavery challenge to the North informed American literature of the 1850s. As the works of Stowe, Whittier, Willis, and Whitman reveal, the political discourse and literature were branches of the same project: to expose compromise with slavery as a threat to each individual Northerner and to the people as an actor in history. 
505 0 |a Acknowledgments -- Chapter One: American Literature and the Political Antislavery Call for Northern Agency -- 1: The Slave Power and the Responsibilities of the North -- Chapter Two: Stowe's Dred and the Narrative Logic of Slavery's Extension -- Chapter Three: Sovereignty and the Politics of Analogy in Whittier's "The Panorama" -- 2: History and the Weakness of the North -- Chapter Four: Self-Abasement and Republican Insecurity -- Chapter Five: Ophelia and the Economy of Passion in Uncle Tom's Cabin -- 3: Republicanism and the Power of the North -- Chapter Six: "Our Nation's Hope Is She" -- Chapter Seven: "Fall Behind Me, States!" -- Index -- About the Author. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
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650 0 |a American literature  |y 19th century  |x History and criticism. 
650 0 |a Slavery in literature. 
650 0 |a Antislavery movements in literature. 
650 0 |a Republicanism in literature. 
651 0 |a United States  |x Politics and government  |y 1849-1861. 
650 6 |a Littérature américaine  |y 19e siècle  |x Histoire et critique. 
650 6 |a Esclavage dans la littérature. 
650 6 |a Mouvements antiesclavagistes dans la littérature. 
650 6 |a Républicanisme dans la littérature. 
651 6 |a États-Unis  |x Politique et gouvernement  |y 1849-1861. 
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655 7 |a Criticism, interpretation, etc.  |2 fast 
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