Oxford Harriet Beecher Stowe Reader

• A Note on the TextAcknowledgmentsChronologyIntroductionI. Early Essays and Sketches1.: "Modern Uses of Language" (1833)2.: "Uncle Enoch" (1835)3.: "The Old Meeting-House: Sketch from the Note-Book of an Old Gentlemen" (1840)4.: "The Canal-Boat" (1841)II. Antislavery Writings1.: To the Editor of the Cincinnati Journal and Luminary (1836)2.: "Uncle Sam's Emancipation: A Sketch" (1845)3.: "The Freeman's Dream: A Parable" (1850)4.: Letters (1851-53)Frederick DouglassCatharine BeecherHenry Ward BeecherGamaliel BaileyThe Reverend Joel ParkerHenry Ward BeecherEliza Cabot FollenWilliam Lloyd Garrison5.: Uncle Tom's Cabin: or, Life among the Lowly (1852)6.: From A Key to "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (1853)7.: "An Affectionate and Christian Address of Many Thousands of Women of Great Britain and Ireland to Their Sisters the Women of the United States of America" (1852)8.: "An Appeal to Women of the Free States of America, on the Present Crisis on Our Country" (1854)9.: From Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp (1856)10.: "What Is to Be Done With Them?" (1852)11.: "Will You Take a Pilot?" (1862)12.: Playbill from Uncle Tom's Cabin Show (c. 1865)III. Domestic Culture and Politics1.: "Trials of a Housekeeper" (1839)2.: To Sarah Buckingham Beecher (1850)3.: "What Is a Home?" (1864)4.: "Servants" (1864)5.: Selections from Little Foxes (1865)6.: "Home Decoration" (1869)7.: "The True Story of Lady Byron's Life" (1869)Suggestions for Further Reading

Hedrick's collection triumphantly balances the radical politicization of Stowe's writings with the essentially conservative attitude revealed in her writings on house, home and a woman's sphere Years Work in English Studies