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Author:

Grant, David, 1959 December 6-

Title:

Political antislavery discourse and American literature of the 1850s / David Grant.

Publisher:

University of Delaware Press ;

Copyright Date:

©2012

Description:

x, 225 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
Slavery in literature.
Antislavery movements in literature.
Republicanism in literature.
United States--Politics and government--1849-1861.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

American literature and the political antislavery call for Northern agency -- Stowe's Dred and the narrative logic of slavery's extension -- Sovereignty and the politics of analogy in Whittier's "The panorama" -- Self-abasement and Republican insecurity : Willis's Paul Fane in its political context -- Ophelia and the economy of passion in Uncle Tom's Cabin -- "Our nation's hope is she" : the cult of Jessie Fremont in the Republican campaign poetry of 1856 -- "Fall behind me, States!" : reexamining the politics of Union in Leaves of grass

ISBN:

1611493838 (cloth)
9781611493832 (cloth)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)773671799

LCCN:

2012001901

Locations:

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

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)