Affect and abolition in the anglo-atlantic, 1770–1830
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9781409455615
Date de publication :
12 août 2013
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
566 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This collection investigates the rhetorical features and political complexities of the culture of sentimentality as it grappled with the material realities of transatlantic slavery at the turn of the nineteenth century. The contributors examine poetry, plays, petitions, treatises and life-writing that engaged with contemporary debates about abolition.