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The War on Words: Slavery, Race, and Free Speech in American Literature
The War on Words Slavery Race and Free Speech in American Literature
Author: Michael T. Gilmore
How did slavery and race impact American literature in the nineteenth century? In this ambitious book, Michael T. Gilmore argues that they were the carriers of linguistic restriction, and writers from Frederick Douglass to Stephen Crane wrestled with the demands for silence and circumspection that accompanied the antebellum fear of disunion and ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226294131
ISBN-10: 0226294137
Publication Date: 7/30/2010
Pages: 344
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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