British Abolitionism and the Rhetoric of Sensibility: Writing, Sentiment and Slavery,1760-1807

By Brycchan Carey

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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'.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1403946264

ISBN13:9781403946263

Release Date:August 2005

Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan

Length:240 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.6" x 8.6"

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