British Abolitionism and the Rhetoric of Sensibility - Writing, Sentiment and Slavery, 1760-1807 (Hardcover, 2005 ed.)

British Abolitionism and the Rhetoric of Sensibility argues that participants in the late eighteenth-century slavery debate developed a distinct sentimental rhetoric, using the language of the heart to powerful effect in the most important political and humanitarian battle of the time. Examining both familiar and unfamiliar texts, including poetry, novels, journalism, and political writing, Carey shows that salve-owners and abolitionists alike made strategic use of the rhetoric of sensibility in the hope of influencing a reading public thoroughly immersed in the 'cult of feeling'.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Cultures of Print
Release date:	August 2005
First published:	2005
Authors:	B Carey
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	240
Edition:	2005 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4039-4626-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	1-4039-4626-4
Barcode:	9781403946263

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