Apocalyptic Sentimentalism: Love And Fear In U.S. Antebellum Literature - 9780820339481

Focusing on a range of important antislavery figures, including David Walker, Nat Turner, Maria Stewart, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and John Brown, Apocalyptic Sentimentalism illustrates how antislavery discourse worked to redefine violence and vengeance as the ultimate expression (rather than denial) of love and sympathy.

• | Author: Kevin Pelletier
• | Publisher: University Of Georgia Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 15, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 272 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0820339482
• | ISBN-13: 9780820339481