Fire on the Water Sailors, Slaves, and Insurrection in Early American Literature, 1789-1886 |
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| Author:
| Warren, Lenora |
| Series title: | Transits: Literature, Thought and Culture, 1650-1850 Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-68448-018-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2019 |
| Publisher: | Bucknell University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $120.00USD $150.00 |
Book Description:
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Lenora Warren tells a new story about the troubled history of abolition and slave violence by examining representations of shipboard mutiny in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Anglo-American and American literature by focusing on five black sailors, whose experiences of slavery and insurrection either inspired or found resonance within fiction.
Lenora Warren tells a new story about the troubled history of abolition and slave violence by examining representations of shipboard mutiny in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Anglo-American and American literature by focusing on five black sailors, whose experiences of slavery and insurrection either inspired or found resonance within fiction.