A Romance of the Republic
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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The University Press of Kentucky
1997
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| Online-Zugang: | DE-1046 DE-1047 Volltext |
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| Beschreibung: | Chapter XXXVIIIChapter XXXIX. A Romance of the Republic, published in 1867, was Lydia Maria Child's fourth novel and the capstone of her remarkable literary career. Written shortly after the Civil War, it offered a progressive alternative to Uncle Tom's Cabin. Writer, magazine publisher and outspoken abolititionist, Child defied the norms of gender and class decorum in this novel by promoting interracial marriage as a way blacks and whites could come to view each other with sympathy and understanding. In constructing the tale of fair-skinned Rosa and Flora Royal -- daughters of a slaveowner whose mother was also the daug |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (465 pages) |
| ISBN: | 081314910X 9780813149103 |