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Author Riss, Arthur, 1961-

Title Race, slavery, and liberalism in nineteenth-century American literature / Arthur Riss.

Publication Info. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 238 pages).
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Series Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 150
Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 150.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : the figure a "person" makes : on the aesthetics of liberalism -- Slaves and persons -- Family values and racial essentialism in Uncle Tom's cabin -- Eva's hair and the sentiments of race -- A is for anything : US liberalism and the making of The scarlet letter -- The art of discrimination : The marble faun, "Chiefly about war matters," and the aesthetics of anti-Black racism -- Freedom, ethics, and the necessity of persons : Frederick Douglass and the scene of resistance.
Summary Moving boldly between literary analysis and political theory, contemporary and antebellum U.S. culture, Arthur Riss invites readers to rethink prevailing accounts of the relationship between slavery, liberalism, and literary representation. This revisionary argument promises to be unsettling for literary critics, political philosophers, and historians of U.S. slavery.
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Subject Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896.
Criticism and interpretation.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864.
American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
American literature.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Slavery in literature.
Slavery in literature.
Race in literature.
Race in literature.
Liberalism in literature.
Liberalism in literature.
African Americans in literature.
African Americans in literature.
Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Politics and literature.
United States.
History.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1783-1865
1783-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Riss, Arthur, 1961- Race, slavery, and liberalism in nineteenth-century American literature. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006 (DLC) 2005034534
ISBN 0511246064 (electronic book)
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9780511485640 (ebook)
0511485646 (ebook)
9780521856744 (hardback)
0521856744 (hardback)
0521856744 (Cloth)