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American Slaves in Victorian England
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Abolitionist Politics in Popular Literature and Culture
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Artikel-Nr:
9780521660266
Veröffentl:
2011
Einband:
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Erscheinungsdatum:
07.09.2011
Seiten:
150
Autor:
Audrey A. Fisch
Gewicht:
380 g
Format:
235x157x13 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
This study examines the circulation within nineteenth-century England of the people and ideas of the black Abolitionist campaign.
Introduction: communicating 'a correct knowledge of American slavery': J. B. Estlin and the 'breeder' in Frederick Douglass's Narrative; 1. 'Exhibiting Uncle Tom in some shape or other': the commercialisation and reception of Uncle Tom's Cabin in England; 2. Abolition as a 'step to reform in our kingdom': Chartism, 'white slaves', and a new 'Uncle Tom' in England; 3. 'Repetitious accounts so piteous and so harrowing': the ideological work of American slave narratives in England; 4. 'Negrophilism' and nationalism: the spectacle of the African-American abolitionist; Epilogue: 'How cautious and calculating?': English audiences and the impostor Reuben Nixon.