Jane Austen in the Context of Abolition
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-4039-9121-8 (ISBN)
GABRIELLE D.V. WHITE taught philosophy for the University of Leeds, UK and the Open University, UK. She was previously an English Teacher in Secondary Schools and is a former researcher for the University of Leeds and the British Library, UK.
Acknowledgements Preface 'We Have No Slaves at Home- Then Why Abroad?' PART ONE: THE CHAWTON NOVELS Mansfield Park : Absenteeism, Autonomy and the Slave Trade Emma : Autonomy and Abolition Persuasion : Radical Change and the Royal Navy PART TWO: THE CONTEXT IN WHICH JANE AUSTEN WROTE THE CHAWTON NOVELS Some Philosophers on Race and Slavery: Opposing Viewpoints Abolitionist Influences on Jane Austen: Some Possibilities Conclusion Appendix 1: On Colonisation: Samuel Johnson The Idler, 1759 Appendix 2: Argument against Slavery: Samuel Johnson, 1777 Appendix 3: William Cowper's 1785 The Task : Extract quoted by Thomas Clarkson, 1807 Notes Bibliography Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 29.11.2005 |
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Zusatzinfo | IX, 231 p. |
Verlagsort | Gordonsville |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
Themenwelt | Literatur |
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ISBN-10 | 1-4039-9121-9 / 1403991219 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4039-9121-8 / 9781403991218 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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