British Abolitionism and the Rhetoric of Sensibility

Writing, Sentiment and Slavery, 1760-1807

Häftad, Engelska, 2005

AvB. Carey

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British Abolitionism and the Rhetoric of Sensibility argues that participants in the late eighteenth-century slavery debate developed a distinct sentimental rhetoric, using the language of the heart to powerful effect in the most important political and humanitarian battle of the time.

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Utgivningsdatum2005-01-01
Mått140 x 216 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SeriePalgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Cultures of Print
Antal sidor240
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9781349523498

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List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction The Rhetoric of Sensibility Arguing in Prose: Abolitionist Letters, and Novels Arguing in Verse: Abolitionist Poetry "Read this and blush": The Pamphlet War of the 1780s Feeling Out Loud: Sentimental Rhetoric in Parliament, the Pulpit, and the Court of Law Conclusion: Romanticism, Revolution, and William Wilberforce's Unregarded Tears Notes Bibliography Index

' British Abolitionism and the Rhetoric of Sensibility is a timely intervention in the scholarly study of the abolitionist movement. It consider, and suggests answers to, the criticisms some feminist and postcolonial scholars have levelled against eighteenth-century abolitionist writings...it offers a largely convincing reading of an important, little-understood area of eighteenth-century discourse.' - Anthony John Harding, Romanticism