Slavery, Philosophy, and American Literature, 1830

Description: Slavery, Philosophy, and American Literature, 1830�1860 (Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture, Series Number 148) [Hardcover] Lee, Maurice S. Product Overview Examining the literature of slavery and race before the Civil War, Maurice Lee, in this 2005 book, demonstrates how the slavery crisis became a crisis of philosophy that exposed the breakdown of national consensus and the limits of rational authority. Poe, Stowe, Douglass, Melville, and Emerson were among the antebellum authors who tried - and failed - to find rational solutions to the slavery conflict. Unable to mediate the slavery controversy as the nation moved toward war, their writings form an uneasy transition between the confident rationalism of the American Enlightenment and the more skeptical thought of the pragmatists. Lee draws on antebellum moral philosophy, political theory, and metaphysics, bringing a different perspective to the literature of slavery - one that synthesizes cultural studies and intellectual history to argue that romantic, sentimental, and black Atlantic writers all struggled with modernity when facing the slavery crisis. Read more Details Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cambridge University Press; First Edition (October 17, 2005) Language ‏ : ‎ English Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 232 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0521846536 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 30 Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.12 pounds Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 1 x 9.25 inches Best Sellers Rank: #7,850,778 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #2,597 in American Literature (Books) #16,990 in American Literature Criticism #39,433 in Literary Criticism & Theory #2,597 in American Literature (Books) #16,990 in American Literature Criticism Stock Photos Please Note: All of our book listings use stock photos unless otherwise stated. Please read our descriptions for accurate conditions and editions, don't use the photos! Free Shipping We ship worldwide. We have multiple warehouses around the world, so please note the extended handling time on certain listings.

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