Frederick Douglass was born a slave and lived to become a
best-selling author and a leading figure of the abolitionist
movement. A powerful orator and writer, Douglass provided a unique
voice advocating human rights and freedom across the nineteenth
century, and remains an important figure in the fight against
racial injustice. This Companion, designed for students of American
history and literature, includes essays from prominent scholars
working in a range of disciplines. Key topics in Douglass studies -
his abolitionist work, oratory, and autobiographical writings – are
covered in depth, and new perspectives on religion, jurisprudence,
the Civil War, romanticism, sentimentality, the Black press, and
transatlanticism are offered. Accessible in style, and representing
new approaches in literary and African-American studies, this book
is both a lucid introduction and a contribution to existing
scholarship.
目錄:
Notes on Contributors ix
Acknowledgments xii
Chronology of Douglass’s Life xiii
Citations xix
Introduction
Maurice S. Lee
1 Douglass’s Self-Making and the Culture of Abolitionism
John Stauffer
2 Identity in the Autobiographies
Robert S. Levine
3 Douglass as Orator and Editor
Sarah Meer
4 Crisis and Faith in Douglass’s Work
John Ernest
5 Violence, Manhood, and War in Douglass
Maurice O. Wallace
6 Human Law and Higher Law
Gregg Crane
7 Sentimental Douglass
Arthur Riss
8 Douglass among the Romantics
Bill E. Lawson
9 Douglass’s Black Atlantic: Britain, Europe, Egypt
Paul Giles
10 Douglass’s Black Atlantic: The Caribbean
Ifeoma C. K. Nwankwo
11 Douglass, Ideological Slavery, and Postbellum Racial
Politics
Gene Andrew Jarrett
12 Born into Slavery: Echoes and Legacies
Valerie Smith
Guide to Further Reading
Index