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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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Lexington :
The University Press of Kentucky,
1997.
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | Chapter XXXVIIIChapter XXXIX. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (464 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9780813149103 |