Maria Edgeworth and Abolition

Critiquing Character

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

This Palgrave Pivot offers new readings of Maria Edgeworth’s representations of slavery. This book offers new readings of canonical Edgeworth texts as well as of largely neglected works, including: Whim for Whim, “The Good Aunt”, Belinda, “The Grateful Negro”, “The Two Guardians”, and Harry and Lucy Continued.

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Utgivningsdatum:2022-10-15
Mått:148 x 210 x 12 mm
Vikt:293 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:121
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031120770

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Robin Runia is Associate Professor of English at Xavier University of Louisiana, USA. She has published numerous articles and chapters exploring gender and race in the literature of the long eighteenth century.

Innehållsförteckning

1 Introduction: Edgeworth and Abolition.- 2 Upstaging Abolition: Enlightened Hypocrisy in Whim for Whim.- 3 “The Appearance of Virtue”—Reading Abolition in Belinda.- 4 “The Good Aunt”: An Education in Abolition.- 5 Parodic Intervention in “The Grateful Negro”.- 6 Conclusion: Erasing Abolition in “The Two Guardians” and Harry and Lucy Concluded.