Slavery, Philosophy, and American Literature, 1830-1860 |
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| Author:
| Lee, Maurice S. |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-84653-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2005 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $150.95 |
Book Description:
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Maurice Lee, in this 2005 book, demonstrates how the slavery crisis became a crisis of philosophy. Poe, Stowe, Douglass, Melville, and Emerson tried - and failed - to find rational solutions to the slavery conflict. Drawing on antebellum moral philosophy, political theory, and metaphysics, Lee brings a different perspective to the literature of slavery.
Maurice Lee, in this 2005 book, demonstrates how the slavery crisis became a crisis of philosophy. Poe, Stowe, Douglass, Melville, and Emerson tried - and failed - to find rational solutions to the slavery conflict. Drawing on antebellum moral philosophy, political theory, and metaphysics, Lee brings a different perspective to the literature of slavery.