The Grammar of Good Intentions : Race and the Antebellum Culture of Benevolence /

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Susan M. Ryan explores antebellum Americans' preoccupation with the language and practice of benevolence. Drawing on a variety of cultural and literary texts, she traces how people working and writing within social reform movements--and their outspoken opponents--helped solidify racial and clas...

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Main Author: Ryan, Susan M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Race relations in literature.
Benevolence > Social aspects.
Benevolence in literature.
American literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General.
Litterature americaine > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Bienveillance > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Relations raciales dans la litterature.
Bienveillance dans la litterature.
Racisme dans la litterature.
Race dans la litterature.
Racism in literature.
Race in literature.
Benevolence > Social aspects > United States.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
United States.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire > 19e siecle.
United States > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • INTRODUCTION. Toward a Cultural History of Good Intentions
  • CHAPTER ONE. Benevolent Violence: Indian Removal and the Contest of National Character
  • CHAPTER TWO. Misgivings: Duplicity and Need in Melville's Late Fiction
  • CHAPTER THREE. The Racial Polities of Self-Reliance
  • CHAPTER FOUR. Pedagogies of Emancipation
  • CHAPTER FIVE. Charity Begins at Home: Stowe's Antislavery Novels and the Forms of Benevolent Citizenship
  • CHAPTER SIX . "Save Us from Our Friends": Free African Americans and the Culture of Benevolence
  • EPILOGUE. The Afterlife of Benevolent Citizenship
  • Notes
  • Index

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