Righteous violence [electronic resource] : revolution, slavery, and the American renaissance / Larry J. Reynolds.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, c2011.Description: xvi, 256 p. : ill., portsSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 810.9/358 22
LOC classification:
  • PS217.P64 R49 2011eb
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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