History, Abolition, and the Ever-Present Now in Antebellum American Writing

by Jeffrey Insko

History, Abolition, and the Ever-Present Now in Antebellum American Writing examines the meaning and possibilities of the present and its relationship to history and historicity in a number of literary texts; specifically, the writings of several figures in antebellum US literary history--some, but not all of whom, associated with the period's romantic movement. Focusing on nineteenth-century writers who were impatient for social change, like those...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198825641
• ISBN13: 9780198825647
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"