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William Lloyd Garrison and American abolitionism in literature and memory / Brian Allen Santana.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Santana, Brian Allen, 1979- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879.
- Garrison, William Lloyd.
- Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879--Influence.
- Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879--In literature.
- Antislavery movements--United States--History.
- Antislavery movements.
- Abolitionists--United States--Biography.
- Abolitionists.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (215 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Incorporated, Publishers, [2016]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- " This study reveals the dramatic social and political forces of the postwar period which transformed our perceptions of Garrison, the abolitionist movement and the first histories of the Civil War"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: William Lloyd Garrison and the birth of American abolitionism in history and popular culture
- The construction and evolution of Garrisonian narratives of abolitionist sacrifice in antebellum America, 1834-1857
- Commemorating Garrison: origins of the Garrison revival in post-bellum American memory, 1867-1910
- "For future generations": Garrison's children, Massachusetts educational reform and the institutionalization of the Garrison narrative in Boston schools, 1880-1922
- Ross Lockridge's Raintree County: American abolitionism as epic origin narrative
- Epilogue: William Lloyd Garrison in the mid-20th century.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-2452-6
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