John Brown and the Era of Literary Confrontation
Author:   Michael Stoneham (United States Military Academy, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780415845519


Pages:   228
Publication Date:   27 February 2013
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Michael Stoneham (United States Military Academy, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.440kg
ISBN:  

9780415845519


ISBN 10:   0415845513
Pages:   228
Publication Date:   27 February 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

"1. Introduction 2. John Brown: ""A Muse of Fire"" 3. Translating a Terrorist: The Business of Public Intellectuals 4. Confronting Conspirators: Re-examining Thoreau’s ""A Plea for Captain John Brown"" 5. ""Self-Reliance:"" Emerson’s Antidote to Political Abdication and Judicial Compromise 6. In the Shadow of John Brown: Refusing Violence in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Dred. 7. Epilogue. Appendix A: Letter from Ralph Waldo Emerson to Charles Wesley Slack. Appendix B: Letter from Theodore Parker to Charles Wesley Slack. Appendix C: Letter from Frederick Douglass to Charles Wesley Slack. Notes. Works Cited. Index."

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Michael Stoneham is an Academy Professor in the Department of English at the United States Military Academy.

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