The Oxford Harriet Beecher Stowe Reader

by John D. Hedrick, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Joan D. Hedrick

Book Overview

While best known for the immensely popular and controversial novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe is also the author of an extensive body of additional work on American culture and politics. Playing many roles--journalist, pamphleteer, novelist, preacher, and advisor on domestic affairs--Stowe used the written word as a vehicle for religious, social, and political commentaries, often leavening them with entertainment in order to reach a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195091175
• ISBN13: 9780195091175
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 580 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"