Rethinking Uncle Tom [[electronic resource] ] : the political philosophy of Harriet Beecher Stowe / / William B. Allen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910782989403321
• Autore: Allen W. B (William Barclay), <1944->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, : Lexington Books, c2009
• ISBN: 1-282-47906-7; 9786612479069; 0-7391-3354-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (484 p.)
• Disciplina: 813/.4
• Soggetti: Uncle Tom (Fictitious character); Equality in literature; Liberty in literature; Slavery in literature
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 443-453) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Book I . THE GHOSTLY CRY: UNCLE TOM'S CABIN; Part I; Chapter 01. The Question of Equality; Chapter 02. The Real Alternatives; Chapter 03. Standards of Humanity; Chapter 04. Stowe's Own "Introductions"; Chapter 05. A Little Wine and Brandy: The Narrative Begins; Chapter 06. Patriarchy, Matriarchy, and Other Myths of Slavery; Chapter 07. The Birth of Uncle Tom; Chapter 08. The Kinesis of Slavery and the Science of Natures; Chapter 09. "What Country Have I?"; Chapter 10. We Have No City; Chapter 11. The Light of the Present; Chapter 12. Myth Making and the End; Chapter 13. An Unaccountable PrejudiceChapter 14. Triumph; Part II; Chapter 15. The Genealogy of Uncle Tom; Chapter 16. Calvin's Ideas; Chapter 17. The Central Problem: Slavery; Chapter 18. The General Significance of Uncle Tom's Cabin; Book II. NON-UTOPIAN OPTIMISM: HARRIET STOWE'S EVANGELICAL LIBERALISM; Part I. THE MIDDLE PASSAGE: SUNNY MEMORIES; Chapter 19. An American Campaign Abroad; Chapter 20. A Cause Célèbre; Chapter 21. Seasickness; or, the Way Things Really Look; Chapter 22. The Scotland Campaign: A Beginning and End of Liberal History; Chapter 23. The Practical Politics of the MatterChapter 24. The Defense of Melodrama; Chapter 25. Pre-Utopian Reflections; Part II. SALVATION; Chapter 26. Anutopia; Chapter 27. Coda: Was Harriet Stowe a Racist?; Chapter 28. Postscript; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: William B. Allen's astute and provocative interpretation of<i>Uncle Tom's Cabin</i> is a tour de force in Stowe scholarship, demonstrating at once Allen's deft handling of political literature and Stowe's profound treatment of America's founding principles through literary politics.