Mastery and Slavery in Victorian Writing

by Jonathan Taylor

Taking Hegel's famous " Master-Slave Dialectic " as its starting point, this wide-ranging book examines portrayals of masters, slaves and servants in works by Carlyle, Dickens, Eliot, Collins and others. The questions raised about modern mastery and slavery are pursued in relation to intriguing nineteenth-century figures as the American slave-holder, the musician, the demagogue and the Jew.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333993128
• ISBN13: 9780333993125
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 229 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 9.0"