Title British abolitionism and the rhetoric of sensibility : writing, sentiment, and slavery, 1760-1807 / Brycchan Carey

Published Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave MacMillan, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 240 pages) Series Palgrave studies in the Enlightenment, romanticism and cultures of print Palgrave studies in the Enlightenment, romanticism and cultures of print. Contents Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The Rhetoric of Sensibility; 2 Arguing in Prose: Abolitionist Letters and Novels; 3 Arguing in Verse: Abolitionist Poetry; 4 'Read This, and Blush': The Pamphlet War of the 1780s; 5 Feeling Out Loud: Sentimental Rhetoric in Parliament, the Pulpit, and the Court of Law; 6 Conclusion: Romanticism, Revolution, and William Wilberforce's Unregarded Tears; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y Summary British Abolitionism and the Rhetoric of Sensibility: Writing, Sentiment, and Slavery, 1760-1807 argues that participants in the late eighteenth-century slavery debate developed a distinct sentimental rhetoric, using the language of the heart to powerful effect in the most important political and humanitarian battle of the time. Carey examines both familiar and unfamiliar texts, including poetry by Thomas Day, Hannah More, and William Cowper, novels by Sarah Scott, Henry Mackenzie, and Thomas Day, life writing by Ignatius Sancho, Olaudah Equiano, and Ottobah Cugoano, and political writings by James Ramsey, Thomas Clarkson and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Carey balances his readings of these texts by recovering a sense of the abolition as it was played out in newspapers and the periodical press, as well as in reports of parliamentary debate and celebrated trials. Throughout, Carey shows that slave-owners and abolitionists alike made strategic use of the rhetoric of sensibility in the hope of influencing a reading public thoroughly immersed in the 'cult of feeling' Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-230) and index Notes Print version record Subject English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism Slavery in literature. Antislavery movements -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Antislavery movements -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism Abolitionists -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Abolitionists -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century English language -- 18th century -- Rhetoric English language -- 19th century -- Rhetoric Antislavery movements in literature. Sentimentalism in literature. Romanticism -- Great Britain British & Irish history. Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900. Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800. Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. History. Abolitionists Antislavery movements Antislavery movements in literature English language -- Rhetoric English literature Romanticism Sentimentalism in literature Slavery in literature Abolitionisme. Slavernij. Retorica. Great Britain Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780230501621 0230501621 9781403946263 1403946264

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