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A Romance of the Republic

A Romance of the Republic, published in 1867, was Lydia Maria Child's fourth novel and the capstone of her remarkable literary career. Written shortly after the Civil War, it offered a progressive alternative to Uncle Tom's Cabin. Writer, magazine publisher and outspoken abolititionist, Ch...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880
Otros Autores: Nelson, Dana D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 1997.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:A Romance of the Republic, published in 1867, was Lydia Maria Child's fourth novel and the capstone of her remarkable literary career. Written shortly after the Civil War, it offered a progressive alternative to Uncle Tom's Cabin. Writer, magazine publisher and outspoken abolititionist, Child defied the norms of gender and class decorum in this novel by promoting interracial marriage as a way blacks and whites could come to view each other with sympathy and understanding. In constructing the tale of fair-skinned Rosa and Flora Royal -- daughters of a slaveowner whose mother was also the daug.
Notas:Chapter XXXVIIIChapter XXXIX.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (464 pages).
ISBN:9780813149103