Yothers Reading Abolition

The Critical Reception of Harriet Beecher Stowe and Frederick Douglass
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-78204-862-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 72, 196 Seiten

Reihe: Literary Criticism in Perspective

A pathbreaking consideration of the intertwined critical responses to Harriet Beecher Stowe and Frederick Douglass, giants of abolitionist literature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yothers, Brian

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Interpreting and Reinterpreting Stowe and Douglass
Uncle Tom's Cabin in Its Own Time
The Eclipse of Uncle Tom's Cabin: The Early Twentieth Century
Uncle Tom's Cabin Revived: Race, Gender, Religion, and Stowe's Narrative Artistry
Beyond Uncle Tom's Cabin: The Reception of Stowe's Later Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry
The Critical Response to Douglass's Autobiographies
Anti-Slavery Eloquence: The Critical Response to Douglass's Anti-Slavery Speeches and Journalism
Epilogue: Critical Futures - Stowe and Douglass, Together and Separately
Works Cited
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Yothers Brian:
BRIAN YOTHERS is Professor and Chair of English at St. Louis University.