Apocalyptic Sentimentalism : Love and Fear in U.S. Antebellum Literature /

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"Situated at the intersection of love and fear, Apocalyptic Sentimentalism proposes a new genealogy for understanding literary sentimentalism as a complex negotiation of seemingly oppositional emotional economies. In the manuscript, Kevin Pelletier investigates the convergence of emergent senti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pelletier, Kevin, 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Slavery in literature.
Literature and society.
Emotions in literature.
Apocalyptic literature.
Antislavery movements in literature.
American literature.
African Americans in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Litterature et societe > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Noirs americains dans la litterature.
Litterature apocalyptique.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes dans la litterature.
Esclavage dans la litterature.
Litterature americaine > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Literature and society > United States > History > 19th century.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
United States.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE BLACK ABOLITION AND THE IDEOLOGICAL ROOTS OF APOCALYPTIC SENTIMENTALISM
  • One. David Walker, Nat Turner, and the Logic of Sentimental Terror
  • Two. "The Wrath of the Lamb": Maria W. Stewart and the Domestication of Apocalypse
  • pt. TWO SALVATION THROUGH MOTHERLY VENGEANCE: THE SENTIMENTALITY OF HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
  • Three. Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Fictionalization of Apocalyptic Sentimentalism
  • Four. "Can Fear of Fire Make Me Love?": Dred and the Incarnation of Apocalypse
  • pt. THREE JOHN BROWN AND THE LEGACY OF APOCALYPTIC SENTIMENTALISM
  • Five. Sentimental John Brown.

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