Democratic discourses : the radical abolition movement and antebellum American literature /

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In this path-breaking study, Michael Bennett departs from tradition to argue that the democratic ideal of equality and the actual ways in which it has been practiced are grounded less in the fledgling government documents written by a handful of white men than in the actions and writings of the radi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bennett, Michael, 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2005.
Temas:
1800-1899
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Slavery in literature.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
Politics and literature > United States > History > 19th century.
Literature and society > United States > History > 19th century.
Radicalism > United States > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Intellectual life > 19th century.
Abolitionists > United States > Intellectual life.
Antislavery movements in literature.
African Americans in literature.
Radicalism in literature.
Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Esclavage dans la littérature.
Politique et littérature > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Littérature et société > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Radicalisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Noirs américains > Vie intellectuelle > 19e siècle.
Abolitionnistes > États-Unis > Vie intellectuelle.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes dans la littérature.
Noirs américains dans la littérature.
Radicalisme dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
African Americans in literature
African Americans > Intellectual life
American literature
American literature > African American authors
Antislavery movements in literature
Literature and society
Politics and literature
Radicalism
Radicalism in literature
Slavery in literature
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Democratic discourses : visiting the national anti-slavery bazaar
  • 2. Bodily democracy : Frances Ellen Watkins and Walt Whitman sing the body electric
  • 3. Gender democracy : Margaret Fuller and Sojourner Truth argue the case of Woman versus women
  • 4. Economic democracy : Frederick Douglass and Henry David Thoreau negotiate the Mason-Dixon Line.

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