The Cambridge Companion to Frederick Douglass - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0521889235 ISBN 13: 9780521889230

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Riassunto

Frederick Douglass was born a slave and lived to become a best-selling author and a leading figure of the abolitionist movement. A powerful orator and writer, Douglass provided a unique voice advocating human rights and freedom across the nineteenth century, and remains an important figure in the fight against racial injustice. This Companion, designed for students of American history and literature, includes essays from prominent scholars working in a range of disciplines. Key topics in Douglass studies - his abolitionist work, oratory, and autobiographical writings – are covered in depth, and new perspectives on religion, jurisprudence, the Civil War, romanticism, sentimentality, the Black press, and transatlanticism are offered. Accessible in style, and representing new approaches in literary and African-American studies, this book is both a lucid introduction and a contribution to existing scholarship.

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Recensione:

"All in all, this Cambridge Companion is a very recommendable book. Lucidly addressing many of the most important aspects of Federick Douglass's life and writings, these informed and for the most part also informing essays present a wide array of topics and approached, showing that and how Douglass played-and still plays- a crucial part in the fight against racism and injustice."
--American Studies, A Quarterly

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This Companion, designed for students of American history, African-American studies and literature, includes perspectives from a range of disciplines. Key topics in Douglass studies and his individual works are covered in depth. Accessible in style, this book is both a lucid introduction and a contribution to existing scholarship.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0521889235
• ISBN 13: 9780521889230
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 212
• Redattore: Lee Maurice S.