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Dred : A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp /

Harriet Beecher Stowe's second antislavery novel was written partly in response to the criticisms of Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) by both white Southerners and black abolitionists. In Dred (1856), Stowe attempts to explore the issue of slavery from an African American perspective. Through the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
Autor Corporativo: Project Muse
Otros Autores: Levine, Robert S. (Robert Steven), 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: North Carolina : University of North Carolina Press, 2006
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Dread; A tale of the great dismal swamp
  • I: The mistress of Canema
  • Clayton
  • The Clayton family and sister Anne
  • The Gordon family
  • Harry and his wife
  • The dilemma
  • Consultation
  • Old tiff
  • The death
  • The preparation
  • The lovers
  • Explanations
  • Tom Gordon
  • Aunt Nesbit's loss
  • Mr. Jekyl's opinions
  • Milly's story
  • Uncle John
  • Dread
  • The conspirators
  • Summer talk at Canema
  • Tiff's preparations
  • The worshippers
  • The camp-meeting
  • II: Life in the swamps
  • More summer talk
  • Milly's return
  • The trial
  • Magnolia grove
  • The troubadour
  • Tiff's garden
  • The warning
  • The morning star
  • The legal decision
  • The cloud bursts
  • The voice in the wilderness
  • The evening star
  • The tie breaks
  • The purpose
  • The new mother
  • The flight into Egypt
  • The clerical conference
  • The result
  • The slave's argument
  • The desert
  • Jegar Sahadutha
  • Frank Russel's opinion
  • Tom Gordon's plans
  • Lynch law
  • More violence
  • Engedi
  • The slave hunt
  • "All over"
  • The burial
  • The escape
  • Lynch law again
  • Flight
  • Clear shining after rain.