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Genre/Form: | Aufsatzsammlung manuals (instructional materials) handbooks Criticism, interpretation, etc Handbooks and manuals History Guides et manuels Handbooks, manuals, etc Guides, manuels, etc |
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Named Person: | Harriet Beecher Stowe; Harriet Beecher Stowe; Harriet Beecher Stowe; Harriet Beecher Stowe; Harriet Beecher Stowe |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Cindy Weinstein; Cairns Collection of American Women Writers. |
ISBN: | 052182592X 9780521825924 0521533090 9780521533096 |
OCLC Number: | 53993020 |
Description: | xiv, 250 pages ; 24 cm. |
Contents: | Introduction / Cindy Weinstein -- Stowe and race / Samuel Otter -- Uncle Tom's Cabin and the south / Cindy Weinstein -- Uncle Tom's Cabin and the American Renaissance: the sacramental aesthetic of Harriet Beecher Stowe / Michael T. Gilmore -- Reading and children: Uncle Tom's Cabin and The Pearl of Orr's Island / Gillian Brown -- Uncle Tom and Harriet Beecher Stowe in England / Audrey Fisch -- Staging black insurrection: Dred on stage / Judie Newman -- Stowe and regionalism / Marjorie Pryse -- Stowe and the law / Gregg Crane -- Harriet Beecher Stowe and the American reform tradition / Ronald G. Walters -- Harriet Beecher Stowe and the dream of the great American novel / Lawrence Buell -- Stowe and the literature of social change / Carolyn L. Karcher -- The afterlife of Uncle Tom's Cabin / Kenneth W. Warren. |
Series Title: | Cambridge companions to literature. |
Other Titles: | Companion to Harriet Beecher Stowe |
Responsibility: | edited by Cindy Weinstein. |
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Abstract:
This provides fresh perspectives on the frequently read classic Uncle Tom's Cabin, as well as on topics of perennial interest, such as Stowe's representation of race, her attitude to reform, and her relationship to the American novel. Accessible and engaged, this is the most comprehensive introduction available to Stowe's work.
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"Highly recommended." J.W. Hall, University of Mississippi, CHOICE

