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Author Riss, Arthur, 1961-

Title Race, slavery, and liberalism in nineteenth-century American literature / Arthur Riss.

Publication Info. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  810.9355 R596R    Check Shelf
Description viii, 238 pages ; 24 cm.
Series Cambridge studies in American literature and culture.
Cambridge studies in American literature and culture.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-234) and index.
Contents Introduction : the figure a "person" makes : on the aesthetics of liberalism -- Slaves and persons -- Family values and racial essentialism in Uncle Tom's cabin -- Eva's hair and the sentiments of race -- A is for anything : US liberalism and the making of The scarlet letter -- The art of discrimination : The marble faun, "Chiefly about war matters, " and the aesthetics of anti-Black racism -- Freedom, ethics, and the necessity of persons : Frederick Douglass and the scene of resistance.
Subject American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Slavery in literature.
Race in literature.
Liberalism in literature.
African Americans in literature.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865.
ISBN 0521856744
9780521856744
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