Democratic discourses : the radical abolition movement and antebellum American literature / / Michael Bennett

• Autore: Bennett Michael <1962->
• Pubblicazione: New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (237 p.)
• Disciplina: 810.9/3552
• Soggetto topico: American literature - 19th century - History and criticism; Slavery in literature; American literature - African American authors - History and criticism; Politics and literature - United States - History - 19th century; Literature and society - United States - History - 19th century; Radicalism - United States - History - 19th century; African Americans - Intellectual life - 19th century; Abolitionists - United States - Intellectual life; Antislavery movements in literature; African Americans in literature; Radicalism in literature
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-198) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1:Democratic Discourses: Visiting the National Anti-Slavery Bazaar -- Chapter 2: Bodily Democracy: Frances Ellen Watkins and Walt Whitman Sing the Body Electric -- Chapter 3: Gender Democracy: Margaret Fuller and Sojourner Truth Argue the Case of Woman versus Women -- Chapter 4: Economic Democracy: Frederick Douglass and Henry David Thoreau Negotiate the Mason-Dixon Line -- Chapter 5: Aesthetic Democracy: Harriet Beecher Stowe and Harriet Jacobs Represent the End(s) of Slavery -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- About the Author.
• Titolo autorizzato: Democratic discourses
• ISBN: 1-280-36086-0; 9786610360864; 0-8135-3753-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826218703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II