Title Righteous Violence : Revolution, Slavery, and the American Renaissance

Published University of Georgia Press 2011

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Description 1 online resource (264) Contents Margaret Fuller's revolutionary example -- Emerson, guns, and bloodlust -- Douglass, insurrection, and the heroic slave -- Contemplation versus violence in Thoreau's world -- Violent virtue and Alcott's moods -- Pacifism, savagery, and Hawthorne's last romances -- The revolutionary times of Melville's Billy Budd Subject Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century Social change in literature. Political violence in literature. Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century Authors, American -- 19th century -- Political and social views Antislavery movements. Authors, American -- Political and social views. Literature and society. Political violence in literature. Politics and literature. Social change in literature. United States. Genre/Form History. Form Electronic book

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