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John Brown and the era of literary confrontation / Michael Stoneham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stoneham, Michael.
- Series:
- American popular history and culture (Routledge (Firm))
- Studies in American popular history and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brown, John, 1800-1859--Influence.
- Brown, John.
- Brown, John, 1800-1859--In literature.
- Brown, John, 1800-1859.
- Antislavery movements in literature.
- American literature--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century--Sources.
- Antislavery movements.
- Authors, American--19th century--Correspondence.
- Authors, American.
- History.
- United States.
- American letters.
- Abolitionists--United States--Biography.
- Abolitionists.
- Genre:
- Correspondence.
- Biographies.
- Sources.
- Personal correspondence.
- Physical Description:
- 227 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2009.
- Contents:
- John Brown : "A muse of fire"
- Translating a terrorist : the business of public intellectuals
- Confronting conspirators : re-examining Thoreau's "Plea for Captain John Brown"
- "Self-reliance" : Emerson's antidote to political abdication and judicial compromise
- In the shadow of John Brown : refusing violence in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Dred.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [215]-222) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415996822
- 0415996821
- 9780203876435
- 0203876431
- OCLC:
- 259266308
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