Race, Slavery, and Liberalism in Nineteenth-Century American Literature by Riss, Arthur

Race, Slavery, and Liberalism in Nineteenth-Century American Literature (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521856744)

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Race, Slavery, and Liberalism in Nineteenth-Century American Literature by Riss, Arthur

Race, Slavery, and Liberalism in Nineteenth-Century American Literature

$120.00
Race, Slavery, and Liberalism in Nineteenth-Century American Literature by Riss, Arthur

Race, Slavery, and Liberalism in Nineteenth-Century American Literature

$120.00
Format: Hardcover
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Moving boldly between literary analysis and political theory, contemporary and antebellum US culture, Arthur Riss invites readers to rethink prevailing accounts of the relationship between slavery, liberalism, and literary representation. Situating Nathaniel Hawthorne, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Frederick Douglass at the center of antebellum debates over the person-hood of the slave, this 2006 book examines how a nation dedicated to the proposition that 'all men are created equal' formulates arguments both for and against race-based slavery. This revisionary argument promises to be unsettling for literary critics, political philosophers, historians of US slavery, as well as those interested in the link between literature and human rights.

Author: Arthur Riss
ISBN-10: 0521856744
ISBN-13: 9780521856744
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/18/2006
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.18h x 6.26w x 0.82d

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