Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Reading Revolution: Race, Literacy, Childhood, and Fiction, 1851-1911

by Barbara Hochman

Book Overview

"Uncle Tom's Cabin" and the Reading Revolution explores a transformation in the cultural meaning of Stowe's influential book by addressing changes in reading practices and a shift in widely shared cultural assumptions. These changes reshaped interpretive conventions and generated new meanings for Stowe's text in the wake of the Civil War.

During the 1850s, men, women, and children avidly devoured Stowe's novel. White adults wept and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 155849894X
• ISBN13: 9781558498945
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"