Affect and abolition in the Anglo-Atlantic, 1770-1830 / / edited by Stephen Ahern

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (236 pages)
• Disciplina: 820.9/355
• Soggetto topico: English literature - 18th century - History and criticism; English literature - 19th century - History and criticism; Slavery in literature; Sentimentalism in literature; Affect (Psychology) in literature; English language - 18th century - Rhetoric; English language - 19th century - Rhetoric; Antislavery movements - Great Britain - History; Antislavery movements - United States - History
• Altri autori: AhernStephen
• Note generali: First published 2013 by Ashgate Publishing.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Sympathy's empire -- pt. 2. Nation, narration, emancipation -- pt. 3. Spectacles of suffering -- pt. 4. Sentimental bondage.
• Sommario/riassunto: At the turn of the nineteenth century, writers arguing for the abolition of the slave trade and the emancipation of those in bondage used the language of sentiment and the political ideals of the Enlightenment to make their case. This collection investigates the rhetorical features and political complexities of the culture of sentimentality as it grappled with the material realities of transatlantic slavery. Are the politics of sentimental representation progressive or conservative? What dynamics are in play at the site of suffering? What is the relationship of the spectator to the spectacle of the body in pain? The contributors take up these and related questions in essays that examine poetry, plays, petitions, treatises and life-writing that engaged with contemporary debates about abolition.
• Titolo autorizzato: Affect and abolition in the Anglo-Atlantic, 1770-1830
• ISBN: 1-138-27663-4; 1-315-26324-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154992203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II