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Affect and Abolition in the Anglo-Atlantic, 1770–1830 New edition
Affect and Abolition in the Anglo-Atlantic, 1770–1830
This collection investigates the rhetorical features and political complexities of the culture of sentimentality as it grappled with the material realities of transatlantic slavery at the turn of the nineteenth century. The contributors examine poetry, plays, petitions, treatises and life-writing that engaged with contemporary debates about abolition.
240 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 12, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9781409455615 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 236 |
| Dimensions | 159 × 241 × 20 mm · 582 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Ahern, Stephen |