The making of racial sentiment : slavery and the birth of the frontier romance /

The frontier novel of white-Indian conflict formed an apt analogy for the problem of slavery. By uncovering the sentimental aspects of this genre, Ezra Tawil reveals the influence of the 'Indian novel' of the 1820s on the sentimental novel of slavery, producing a new way of reading Uncle T...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tawil, Ezra F., 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Colección:Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 151.
Temas:
Cooper, James Fenimore, > 1789-1851 > Criticism and interpretation.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, > 1811-1896 > Criticism and interpretation.
Cooper, James Fenimore, > 1789-1851.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, > 1811-1896.
Andrae, A.
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
1800-1899
American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Race in literature.
Indians in literature.
Slavery in literature.
Emotions in literature.
Frontier and pioneer life in literature.
Roman américain > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Race dans la littérature.
Esclavage dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American fiction.
Sklaverei > Motiv
Ethnische Beziehungen > Motiv
Frontier
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The politics of slavery and the discourse of race, 1787-1840
  • Remaking natural rights : race and slavery in James Fenimore Cooper's early writings
  • Domestic frontier romance, or, how the sentimental heroine became white
  • Homely legends : the uses of sentiment in Cooper's The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish
  • Stowe's vanishing Americans : "negro" interiority, captivity, and homecoming in Uncle Tom's cabin.

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