| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 223 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 148
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Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 148.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Absolute Poe; Chapter 2 "Lord, it's so hard to be good": affect and agency in Stowe; Chapter 3 Taking care of the philosophy: Douglass's commonsense; Chapter 4 Melville and the state of war; Chapter 5 Toward a transcendental politics: Emerson's second thoughts; Epilogue: An unfinished and not unhappy ending; Index. |
| Summary |
Maurice Lee demonstrates how the slavery crisis became a crisis of philosophy. Authors including Poe, Stowe, Douglass, Melville, and Emerson tried - and failed - to find rational solutions to the slavery conflict. Drawing on antebellum moral philosophy, political theory, and metaphysics, Lee brings a fresh perspective to the literature of slavery. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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American literature. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Slavery in literature.
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Slavery in literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lee, Maurice S. Slavery, philosophy, and American literature, 1830-1860. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005 0521846536 (OCoLC)57574685 |
| ISBN |
0511115741 (electronic book) |
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9780511115745 (electronic book) |
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0511115199 |
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9780511115196 |
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0511122179 (electronic book) |
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9780511122170 (electronic book) |
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9780511485572 (ebook) |
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0511485573 (ebook) |
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1280202874 |
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9781280202872 |
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0521846536 (Cloth) |
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9780521846530 (hardback) |
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9786610202874 |
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6610202877 |
| Report No. |
9780511115745 |
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