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

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Riss, Arthur, 1961-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 150.Publication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 238 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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0511246064
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0511246757
0511244606
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0511245351
9780511245350
9780511485640
0511485646
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0511324391
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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Race, slavery, and liberalism in nineteenth-century American literature.DDC classification:

810.9/3552 22

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PS217.S55 R57 2006eb

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18.06

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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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.