Democratic Discourses : The Radical Abolition Movement and Antebellum American Literature.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (237 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1:Democratic Discourses: Visiting the National Anti-Slavery Bazaar -- Chapter 2: Bodily Democracy: Frances Ellen Watkins and Walt Whitman Sing the Body Electric -- Chapter 3: Gender Democracy: Margaret Fuller and Sojourner Truth Argue the Case of Woman versus Women -- Chapter 4: Economic Democracy: Frederick Douglass and Henry David Thoreau Negotiate the Mason-Dixon Line -- Chapter 5: Aesthetic Democracy: Harriet Beecher Stowe and Harriet Jacobs Represent the End(s) of Slavery -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- About the Author.
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American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism. Slavery in literature. American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism. Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century. Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century. Radicalism -- United States -- History -- 19th century. African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.