British Abolitionism and the Rhetoric of Sensibility: Writing, Sentiment and Slavery, 1760-1807 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781403946263)

British Abolitionism and the Rhetoric of Sensibility argues that participants in the late eighteenth-century slavery debate developed a distinct sentimental rhetoric, using the language of the heart to powerful effect in the most important political and humanitarian battle of the time. Examining both familiar and unfamiliar texts, including poetry, novels, journalism, and political writing, Carey shows that salve-owners and abolitionists alike made strategic use of the rhetoric of sensibility in the hope of influencing a reading public thoroughly immersed in the 'cult of feeling'.

Author: B. Carey
ISBN-10: 1403946264
ISBN-13: 9781403946263
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 08/31/2005
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 8.62h x 5.60w x 0.74d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2006 pg. 1824