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Slavery, philosophy, and American literature, 1830-1860 /
Maurice Lee demonstrates how the slavery crisis became a crisis of philosophy. Authors including Poe, Stowe, Douglass, Melville, and Emerson tried - and failed - to find rational solutions to the slavery conflict. Drawing on antebellum moral philosophy, political theory, and metaphysics, Lee brings...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2005.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ;
148. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Maurice Lee demonstrates how the slavery crisis became a crisis of philosophy. Authors including Poe, Stowe, Douglass, Melville, and Emerson tried - and failed - to find rational solutions to the slavery conflict. Drawing on antebellum moral philosophy, political theory, and metaphysics, Lee brings a fresh perspective to the literature of slavery. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 223 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511115741 9780511115745 0511115199 9780511115196 0511122179 9780511122170 9780511485572 0511485573 1280202874 9781280202872 9786610202874 6610202877 1107152410 9781107152410 0511199198 9780511199196 0511299915 9780511299919 |