Apocalyptic Sentimentalism: Love and Fear in U.S. Antebellum Literature

Apocalyptic Sentimentalism: Love and Fear in U.S. Antebellum Literature
ISBN-10
0820339482
ISBN-13
9780820339481
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
256
Language
English
Published
2015
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Author
Kevin Pelletier

Description

Focusing on a range of important antislavery figures, including David Walker, Nat Turner, Maria Stewart, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and John Brown, Apocalyptic Sentimentalism illustrates how antislavery discourse worked to redefine violence and vengeance as the ultimate expression (rather than denial) of love and sympathy.

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