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Political antislavery discourse and American literature of the 1850s

Title
Political antislavery discourse and American literature of the 1850s / David Grant.
Author
Grant, David, 1959 December 6-
Publication
Newark : University of Delaware Press ; Lanham, Maryland : The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., ©2012.

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Description
x, 225 pages; 24 cm.
Subject
  • American literature > 19th century > History and criticism
  • Slavery in literature
  • Antislavery movements in literature
  • Republicanism in literature
  • United States > Politics and government > 1849-1861
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
American literature and the political antislavery call for Northern agency -- Stowe's Dred and the narrative logic of slavery's extension -- Sovereignty and the politics of analogy in Whittier's "The panorama" -- Self-abasement and Republican insecurity : Willis's Paul Fane in its political context -- Ophelia and the economy of passion in Uncle Tom's Cabin -- "Our nation's hope is she" : the cult of Jessie Fremont in the Republican campaign poetry of 1856 -- "Fall behind me, States!" : reexamining the politics of Union in Leaves of grass
Call Number
Sc E 12-691
ISBN
  • 9781611493832 (cloth)
  • 1611493838 (cloth)
  • 9781611493849 (electronic) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2012001901
OCLC
773671799
Author
Grant, David, 1959 December 6-
Title
Political antislavery discourse and American literature of the 1850s / David Grant.
Imprint
Newark : University of Delaware Press ; Lanham, Maryland : The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., ©2012.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
Sc E 12-691
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