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Author:

Stoneham, Michael.

Title:

John Brown and the era of literary confrontation / Michael Stoneham.

Publisher:

Routledge,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

227 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Brown, John,--1800-1859--Influence.
Brown, John,--1800-1859--In literature.
Antislavery movements in literature
American literature--History and criticism
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century--Sources.
Authors, American--19th century--Correspondence.
American letters
Abolitionists--United States--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-222) and index.

Contents:

John Brown : "A muse of fire" -- Translating a terrorist : the business of public intellectuals -- Confronting conspirators : re-examining Thoreau's "Plea for Captain John Brown" -- "Self-reliance" : Emerson's antidote to political abdication and judicial compromise -- In the shadow of John Brown : refusing violence in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Dred.

Series:

Studies in American popular history and culture

ISBN:

0203876431 (ebk)
9780203876435 (ebk)
0415996821 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780415996822 (hbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)259266308

LCCN:

2008051939

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)