Description |
1 online resource (xii, 243 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Black people's ally, white people's bogeyman : a John Brown story / Louis A DeCaro, Jr. -- "The blood of millions" : John Brown's body, public violence, and political community / Franny Nudelman -- John Brown, bearded patriarch / Jean Libby -- "Earth feels the time of prophet-song" : John Brown and public poetry / Joe Lockard -- Consenting to violence : Henry David Thoreau, John Brown, and the transcendent intellectual / Andrew Taylor -- Transforming the "madman into a saint" : the cultural memory site of John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry in antislavery literature and history / Kristen Proehl -- Meteor of war : the John Brown cycle / John Stauffer and Zoe Trodd -- Transatlantic Spartacus / Janine C. Hartman -- W.E.B. Du Bois's John Brown : placing racial justice at the center of a socialist politics / Julie Husband -- "I see your mouth calling/before the words arrive" : Muriel Rukeyser's "The soul and body of John Brown" and 1930s America / Bruce A. Ronda -- John Brown and children's literature / Tyler Hoffman -- More heat than light : the legacy of John Brown in Russell Banks's Cloudsplitter / Kimberly Rae Connor |
Summary |
The first instance of detailed scholarly engagement with the cultural legacy of John Brown, this collection seeks to examine the lasting impact of Brown and his armed slave rebellion of 1859 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-238) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Brown, John, 1800-1859 -- Influence
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Brown, John, 1800-1859 -- Public opinion
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Brown, John, 1800-1859 -- In literature
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SUBJECT |
Brown, John, 1800-1859 fast |
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Public opinion -- United States
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American literature -- History and criticism.
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Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography -- Miscellanea
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History of the Americas.
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HISTORY.
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History.
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Abolitionists
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American literature
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Literature
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Public opinion
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United States
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Taylor, Andrew, 1968- editor.
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Herrington, Eldrid, editor.
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LC no. |
2005048677 |
ISBN |
9781403978462 |
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1403978468 |
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128136391X |
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9781281363916 |
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9781403969927 |
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1403969922 |
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9781349551774 |
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1349551775 |
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