The War on Words : Slavery, Race, and Free Speech in American Literature
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0226294137
ISBN-13
9780226294131
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Imprint
University of Chicago Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 30th, 2010
Print length
344 Pages
Weight
596 grams
Dimensions
23.50 x 16.20 x 2.40 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
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How did slavery and race impact American literature in the 19th century? This book argues that they were the carriers of linguistic restriction, and writers like Frederick Douglass wrestled with the demands for silence and circumspection that accompanied the antebellum fear of disunion and the postwar reconciliation between the North and South.
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