The war on words [electronic resource] : slavery, race, and free speech in American literature / Michael T. Gilmore.

How did slavery and race impact American literature in the nineteenth century? In this ambitious book, Michael T. Gilmore argues that they were the carriers of linguistic restriction, and writers from Frederick Douglass to Stephen Crane wrestled with the demands for silence and circumspection that a...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Gilmore, Michael T.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2010.
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The war on words : slavery, race, and free speech in American literature / by Gilmore, Michael T.

Published 2010
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