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Author:

Sandler, Matt, author.

Title:

The black romantic revolution : abolitionist poets at the end of slavery / Matt Sandler.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Verso Books,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

viii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

American poetry--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
American poetry--19th century--History and criticism.
Romanticism--United States--History--19th century.
Liberty in literature.
Slavery in literature.
African Americans in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: The Fugitive Romance -- Hereditary Bondsmen, Strike the Blow! -- The Supernatural Avenger -- The Seething Brain -- The Uprising of Women -- Freedom Is an Empty Name -- Conclusion: Dreams and Nightmares.

Summary:

"During the pitched battle over slavery in the United States, Black writers-enslaved and free-allied themselves with the cause of abolition and used their art to advocate for emancipation and to envision the end of slavery as a world-historical moment of possibility. They borrowed from the European tradition of Romanticism-its lyric poetry, prophetic visions-to write, speak, and sing their hopes for what freedom might mean. Authors like Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, George Moses Horton, Albery Allson Whitman, and Joshua McCarter Simpson conceived the Civil War as a revolutionary upheaval on par with Europe's stormy Age of Revolutions"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1788735439
9781788735438
1788735447
9781788735445

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1137853714

LCCN:

2020015400

Locations:

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

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)