Hidden in Plain Sight Slave Capitalism in Poe, Hawthorne, and Joel Chandler Harris |
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| Author:
| Matthews, John T. |
| Series title: | Mercer University Lamar Memorial Lectures Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8203-5670-9 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2020 |
| Publisher: | University of Georgia Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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While recent historical scholarship about the relation of capitalism to slavery explores the depths at which US ascension was indebted to global plantation slave economies, John Matthews probes how exemplary works of literature represented the determination to deny the open secret of a national atrocity.
While recent historical scholarship about the relation of capitalism to slavery explores the depths at which US ascension was indebted to global plantation slave economies, John Matthews probes how exemplary works of literature represented the determination to deny the open secret of a national atrocity.