Frederick Douglass in Context

List of contents

List of illustrations; List of contributors; Chronology Maurice S. Lee; List of Abbreviations; Introduction Michaël Roy; Part I. Places; 1. Baltimore Lawrence Jackson; 2. The British Isles Hannah-Rose Murray; 3. Rochester Nancy A. Hewitt; 4. Washington, DC John R. McKivigan; 5. Tour of Europe and Egypt Gary Totten; 6. Haiti Brandon R. Byrd; Part II. Genres; 7. Autobiography Robert S. Levine; 8. Oratory Bjørn F. Stillion Southard; 9. Journalism Benjamin Fagan; 10. Fiction Ivy G. Wilson; 11. Photography Autumn Womack; Part III. Activism; 12. Abolition Kellie Carter Jackson; 13. Temperance Erica L. Ball; 14. Women's rights Hélène Quanquin; 15. The civil war Chandra Manning; 16. Reconstruction and civil rights Douglas R. Egerton; Part IV. Philosophy; 17. Politics Kelvin C. Black; 18. Law Jeannine Marie Delombard; 19. Education Brigitte Fielder; 20. Religion Maurice O. Wallace; 21. Science and technology Eric Herschthal; 22. Environment Tony C. Perry; Part V. Networks; 23. The underground railroad Jesse Olsavsky; 24. Colored conventions Jim Casey; 25. Family Leigh Fought; 26. Correspondence Fionnghuala Sweeney; 27. Intertextuality Julia Lee; Part VI. Afterlifes; 28. Paratexts Howard Rambsy II; 29. Deployments: activism Nele Sawallisch; 30. Deployments: art Janet Neary; 31. Teaching Julie Husband; 32. Bicentennial A. J. Aiséirithe; Further reading; Index.

About the author

Michaël Roy is Associate Professor of American Studies at Université Paris Nanterre and a Junior Fellow of the Institut Universitaire de France. His research focuses on early African American print culture and the history of transnational abolitionism. His work has appeared in journals such as Slavery and Abolition, MELUS: Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States, and Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America.

Summary

This book offers lively and accessible essays that explore Frederick Douglass in a variety of geographical, political, social, cultural, intellectual, and literary contexts of his time. It will be of particular interest to students and scholars of US history, literature, and culture.

Product details

• Authors: MICHA L ROY, Michael Roy
• Assisted by: Michael Roy (Editor), Michaël Roy (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781108478731
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47873-1
• No. of pages: 450
• Series: Literature in Context
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Ethnic Studies, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LITERARY CRITICISM / Reference, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Social issues & processes, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary reference works, Social and ethical issues, Civil rights & citizenship, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Human rights, civil rights, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General