Righteous violence : revolution, slavery, and the American renaissance

Publication Data

• Title Righteous violence : revolution, slavery, and the American renaissance
• Author Larry J. Reynolds
• Publisher University of Georgia Press
• Publication date 2011
• Publication location Athens
• Language English

Contents

Margaret Fuller's revolutionary example
Emerson, guns, and bloodlust
Douglass, insurrection, and the heroic slave
Contemplation versus violence in Thoreau's world
Violent virtue and Alcott's moods
Pacifism, savagery, and Hawthorne's last romances
The revolutionary times of Melville's Billy Budd.

Topics

• Authors, American :: 19th century :: Political and social views
• Politics and literature :: United States :: History :: 19th century
• Literature and society :: United States :: History :: 19th century
• Political violence in literature
• Social change in literature
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Righteous violence : revolution, slavery, and the American renaissance by Larry J. Reynolds. ISBN 9780820341408. Published by University of Georgia Press in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.