Slavery, philosophy, and American literature, 1830-1860 / Maurice S. Lee.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 148.
Main Author: Lee, Maurice S.
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Series:Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 148.
Subjects:
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Slavery in literature.
Slavernij.
Filosofie.
Physical Description:viii, 223 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Absolute Poe
  • 2. "Lord, it's so hard to be good": affect and agency in Stowe
  • 3. Taking care of the philosophy: Douglass's commonsense
  • 4. Melville and the state of war
  • 5. Toward a transcendental politics: Emerson's second thought
  • Epilogue: An unfinished and not unhappy ending
  • Index.