The War on Words: Slavery, Race, and Free Speech in American Literature

by Michael T. Gilmore

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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 the postwar reconciliation between the North and South.

Proposing a radical new interpretation...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:022610169X

ISBN13:9780226101699

Release Date:December 2013

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:340 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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