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OverviewThis Palgrave Pivot offers new readings of Maria Edgeworth’s representations of slavery. It shows how Edgeworth employed satiric technique and intertextual allusion to represent discourses of slavery and abolition as a litmus test of character – one that she invites readers to use on themselves. Over the course of her career, Edgeworth repeatedly indicted hypocritical and hyperbolic misappropriation of the sentimental rhetoric that dominated the slavery debate. 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. It also offers an unprecedented deep-dive into an important Romantic Era woman writer’s engagement with discourses of slavery and abolition. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Robin RuniaPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Edition: 1st ed. 2022 Weight: 0.313kg ISBN: 9783031120770ISBN 10: 3031120779 Pages: 121 Publication Date: 15 October 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1 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.ReviewsAuthor InformationRobin 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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