Race, Slavery, and Liberalism in Nineteenth-Century American Literature

by Arthur Riss

Book Overview

Moving boldly between literary analysis and political theory, contemporary and antebellum US culture, Arthur Riss invites readers to rethink prevailing accounts of the relationship between slavery, liberalism, and literary representation. Situating Nathaniel Hawthorne, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Frederick Douglass at the center of antebellum debates over the person-hood of the slave, this 2006 book examines how a nation dedicated to the proposition...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521120209
• ISBN13: 9780521120203
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"