American literature, History and criticism, Women's rights in literature, Politics and literature, Literature and society, Liberalism in literature, Sex role in literature, Race in literature, Political and social views, Antislavery movements, History
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Synopsis
Representative works are interpreted in light of the two great political movements of the nineteenth century: the abolition of slavery and the women's rights movement. By reexamining Emerson, Poe, Melville, Douglass, Walt Whitman, Chopin, and Faulkner and others, Rowe assesses the degree to which major writers' attitudes toward race, class, and gender contribute to specific political reforms in nineteenth and twentieth-century American culture.
Book Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Pages
320
ISBN
9780231500470