The American slave narrative and the Victorian novel

The American slave narrative and the Victorian novel

This title explores the influence of the American slave narrative on the Victorian novel. The book argues that Charlotte Bronte, Charles Dickens, and Robert Louis Stevenson integrated into their works elements of the slave narrative

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Auteur principal : Lee Julia Sun-Joo (Auteur)
Format : Livre
Langue : anglais
Titre complet : The American slave narrative and the Victorian novel / Julia Sun-Joo Lee
Publié : Oxford, New York, Auckland [etc.] : Oxford University Press , 2010
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (VIII-192 p.)
Sujets :
Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique
Littérature anglaise > Influence américaine
Esclavage > Dans la littérature
  • The slave narrative of Jane Eyre
  • Slaves and brothers in Pendennis
  • Female slave narratives: "The grey woman" and My Lady Ludlow
  • The return of the "unnative" : North and South
  • Fugitive plots in Great expectations
  • Epilogue: the plot against England: The dynamiter