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

Author/creator Levecq, Christine
Format Book
Publication InfoDurham, N.H. : University of New Hampshire Press ; Hanover : Published by University Press of New England, ©2008.
Descriptionxii, 306 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects
American literature--African American authors. --History and criticism.
American literature--19th century. --History and criticism.
Didactic fiction, American--History and criticism.
Slavery in literature.
African Americans--Intellectual life. --19th century.
Literature and society--United States. --History. --19th century.
Antislavery movements in literature.
Antislavery movements--United States. --History. --19th century.

SeriesBecoming modern
Becoming modern. ^A486624
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [273]-291) and index.
LCCN 2008029050
ISBN9781584657347 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1584657340 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PS153.B53 L455 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold