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Righteous violence revolution, slavery, and the American renaissance /

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Main Author: Reynolds, Larry J. (Larry John), 1942-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, c2011.
Subjects:
Authors, American > 19th century > Political and social views.
Politics and literature > United States > History > 19th century.
Literature and society > United States > History > 19th century.
Political violence in literature.
Social change in literature.
Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Margaret Fuller's revolutionary example
  • Emerson, guns, and bloodlust
  • Douglass, insurrection, and the heroic slave
  • Contemplation versus violence in Thoreau's world
  • Violent virtue and Alcott's moods
  • Pacifism, savagery, and Hawthorne's last romances
  • The revolutionary times of Melville's Billy Budd.

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