Affect and Abolition in the Anglo-Atlantic, 1770-1830

Affect and Abolition in the Anglo-Atlantic, 1770-1830
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Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
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Download or read book Affect and Abolition in the Anglo-Atlantic, 1770-1830 written by Stephen Ahern and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection investigates the rhetorical features and political complexities of the culture of sentimentality as it grappled with the material realities of transatlantic slavery at the turn of the nineteenth century. The contributors examine poetry, plays, petitions, treatises, and life-writing that engaged with contemporary debates about abolition.


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