British Abolitionism and the Rhetoric of Sensibility

Writing, Sentiment and Slavery, 1760-1807

Inbunden, Engelska, 2005

Av B. Carey, Dr Carey, Brycchan

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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. Examining both familiar and unfamiliar texts, including poetry, novels, journalism, and political writing, Carey shows that salve-owners and abolitionists alike made strategic use of the rhetoric of sensibility in the hope of influencing a reading public thoroughly immersed in the 'cult of feeling'.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2005-08-31
Mått140 x 216 x 19 mm
Vikt553 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SeriePalgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Cultures of Print
Antal sidor240
Upplaga2005
FörlagPalgrave USA
ISBN9781403946263

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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