Apocalyptic sentimentalism : love and fear in U.S. antebellum literature /

"In contrast to the prevailing scholarly con-sensus that understands sentimentality to be grounded on a logic of love and sympathy, Apocalyptic Sentimentalism demonstrates that in order for sentimentality to work as an antislavery engine, it needed to be linked to its seeming opposite--fear, es...

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Main Author: Pelletier, Kevin, 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2015]
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