Slavery and sentiment : the politics of feeling in Black Atlantic antislavery writing, 1770-1850 / Christine Levecq.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levecq, Christine.

Series:

Becoming Modern: New Nineteenth-Century Studies

Becoming modern : new nineteenth-century studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.

American literature.

American literature--19th century--History and criticism.

Didactic fiction, American--History and criticism.

Didactic fiction, American.

Slavery in literature.

African Americans--Intellectual life--19th century.

African Americans.

Literature and society--United States--History--19th century.

Literature and society.

Antislavery movements in literature.

Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century.

Antislavery movements.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Durham : University of New Hampshire Press ; Hanover : University Press of New England, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Illuminates the political dimensions of American and British antislavery texts written by blacks

Contents:

Interiority, aesthetics, and antislavery sentiment

Trade, sailors, national agency, and world citizenship

Brotherhood, radicalism, and antislavery

Blood, bodies, and the antebellum slave narrative

The case of Frederick Douglass

Epilogue : transnationalism and Black studies.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-291) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-47285-2

9786612472855

1-58465-813-4

OCLC:

646807101