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The Sonic South : Nineteenth-Century Plantation Literature.
De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Complete eBook-Package 2026 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bechtold, Rebeccah.
- Series:
- Sound in History Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- American literature--Southern States--History and criticism.
- Sound in literature.
- Sound--Social aspects--Southern States--History.
- Sound.
- Listening in literature.
- Listening--Social aspects--Southern States--History.
- Listening.
- Race relations in literature.
- Plantation life in literature.
- Slavery in literature.
- Southern States--In literature.
- Southern States.
- Southern States--Description and travel.
- Genre:
- Literary criticism
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (238 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- No detailed description available for "The Sonic South".
- Contents:
- Cover
- Series page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Introduction. Literary Acoustemologies of the Plantation South
- Chapter 1. "Unquiet Possession": Uncle Tom's Cabin and the South's Sonic Geographies
- Chapter 2. "My Ears Flop in Your Favor": Southern Harmonies in Anti-Uncle Tom Fiction
- Chapter 3. "When de Voice Come": Sounding Resistance in Dred
- Chapter 4. "Hark! Darkies, Hark!": Listening to the Literature of the Civil War
- Chapter 5. "The Voice of Memory": A Romance of the Republic's Sonic Reprise
- Epilogue. The Jubilee Singers
- Notes
- Index
- Acknowledgments.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-5128-2993-5
- OCLC:
- 1591393621
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