Frederick Douglass & Herman Melville : essays in relation /
Frederick Douglass & Herman Melville : essays in relation /
Frederick Douglass and Herman Melville
edited by Robert S. Levine & Samuel Otter.
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2008.
- 1 online resource (475 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Revolutionary fictions and activist labor: looking for Douglass and Melville together / Fugitive justice: Douglass, Shaw, Melville / Cheer and gloom: Douglass and Melville on slave dance and music / Douglass, Melville, and the moral economies of American authorship / Volcanoes and meteors: Douglass, Melville, and the poetics of insurrection / Interracial friendship and the aesthetics of freedom / Political theology in Douglass and Melville / The ethics of impertinence: Douglass and Melville on England / The ends of enchantment: Douglass, Melville, and U.S. expansionism in the Americas / Fraternal melancholies: manhood and the limits of sympathy in Douglass and Melville / Douglass's and Melville's "alphabets of the blind" / A view from the closet: reconcilable differences in Douglass and Melville / Riveted to the wall: covetous fathers, devoted sons, and the patriarchal pieties of Melville and Douglass / Fahrenheit 1861: cross patriotism in Melville and Douglass / White fratricide, black liberation: Melville, Douglass, and Civil War memory / Douglass, Melville, and the lynching of Billy Budd / Melville, Douglass, the Civil War, pragmatism / 1855/1955: from antislavery to civil rights / John Ernest -- Robert K. Wallace -- Sterling Stuckey -- Susan M. Ryan -- William Gleason -- John Stauffer -- Steven Mailloux -- Elisa Tamarkin -- Rodrigo Lazo -- Elizabeth Barnes -- Hester Blum -- David Van Leer -- Maurice Wallace -- Russ Castronovo, Dana D. Nelson -- Carolyn L. Karcher -- Gregory Jay -- Maurice S. Lee -- Eric J. Sundquist.
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Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) and Herman Melville (1819-1891) addressed in their writings a range of issues that continue to resonate in American culture: the reach and limits of democracy; the nature of freedom; the roles of race, gender, and sexuality; and the place of the United States in the world. Yet they are rarely discussed together, perhaps because of their differences in race and social position. Douglass escaped from slavery and tied his well-received nonfiction writing to political activism, becoming a figure of international prominence. Melville was the grandson of Revolutionary War heroes and addressed urgent issues through fiction and poetry, laboring in increasing obscurity. In eighteen original essays, the contributors to this collection explore the convergences and divergences of these two extraordinary literary lives. Developing new perspectives on literature, biography, race, gender, and politics, this volume ultimately raises questions that help rewrite the color line in nineteenth-century studies. - Publisher.
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
9781469606699 (electronic bk.) 1469606690 (electronic bk.)
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 --Political and social views.
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 --Political and social views.
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895.
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.
Douglass, Frederick.
Melville, Herman.
1800-1899
American literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Literature and society--History--19th century.
Race relations--History--19th century.
African Americans--Intellectual life--19th century.
Cultural pluralism in literature.
Littérature américaine--Histoire et critique.--19e siècle
Littérature et société--Histoire--19e siècle.
Relations raciales--Histoire--19e siècle.
Noirs américains--Vie intellectuelle--19e siècle.
Diversité culturelle dans la littérature.
HISTORY--State & Local--General.--United States
African Americans--Intellectual life.
American literature.
Cultural pluralism in literature.
Literature and society.
Political and social views.
Race relations.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Aufsatzsammlung.
PS201 / .F74 2008eb
973.8/092
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Revolutionary fictions and activist labor: looking for Douglass and Melville together / Fugitive justice: Douglass, Shaw, Melville / Cheer and gloom: Douglass and Melville on slave dance and music / Douglass, Melville, and the moral economies of American authorship / Volcanoes and meteors: Douglass, Melville, and the poetics of insurrection / Interracial friendship and the aesthetics of freedom / Political theology in Douglass and Melville / The ethics of impertinence: Douglass and Melville on England / The ends of enchantment: Douglass, Melville, and U.S. expansionism in the Americas / Fraternal melancholies: manhood and the limits of sympathy in Douglass and Melville / Douglass's and Melville's "alphabets of the blind" / A view from the closet: reconcilable differences in Douglass and Melville / Riveted to the wall: covetous fathers, devoted sons, and the patriarchal pieties of Melville and Douglass / Fahrenheit 1861: cross patriotism in Melville and Douglass / White fratricide, black liberation: Melville, Douglass, and Civil War memory / Douglass, Melville, and the lynching of Billy Budd / Melville, Douglass, the Civil War, pragmatism / 1855/1955: from antislavery to civil rights / John Ernest -- Robert K. Wallace -- Sterling Stuckey -- Susan M. Ryan -- William Gleason -- John Stauffer -- Steven Mailloux -- Elisa Tamarkin -- Rodrigo Lazo -- Elizabeth Barnes -- Hester Blum -- David Van Leer -- Maurice Wallace -- Russ Castronovo, Dana D. Nelson -- Carolyn L. Karcher -- Gregory Jay -- Maurice S. Lee -- Eric J. Sundquist.
Use copy
Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) and Herman Melville (1819-1891) addressed in their writings a range of issues that continue to resonate in American culture: the reach and limits of democracy; the nature of freedom; the roles of race, gender, and sexuality; and the place of the United States in the world. Yet they are rarely discussed together, perhaps because of their differences in race and social position. Douglass escaped from slavery and tied his well-received nonfiction writing to political activism, becoming a figure of international prominence. Melville was the grandson of Revolutionary War heroes and addressed urgent issues through fiction and poetry, laboring in increasing obscurity. In eighteen original essays, the contributors to this collection explore the convergences and divergences of these two extraordinary literary lives. Developing new perspectives on literature, biography, race, gender, and politics, this volume ultimately raises questions that help rewrite the color line in nineteenth-century studies. - Publisher.
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
9781469606699 (electronic bk.) 1469606690 (electronic bk.)
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 --Political and social views.
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 --Political and social views.
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895.
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.
Douglass, Frederick.
Melville, Herman.
1800-1899
American literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Literature and society--History--19th century.
Race relations--History--19th century.
African Americans--Intellectual life--19th century.
Cultural pluralism in literature.
Littérature américaine--Histoire et critique.--19e siècle
Littérature et société--Histoire--19e siècle.
Relations raciales--Histoire--19e siècle.
Noirs américains--Vie intellectuelle--19e siècle.
Diversité culturelle dans la littérature.
HISTORY--State & Local--General.--United States
African Americans--Intellectual life.
American literature.
Cultural pluralism in literature.
Literature and society.
Political and social views.
Race relations.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Aufsatzsammlung.
PS201 / .F74 2008eb
973.8/092