The Cambridge Companion to Frederick Douglass (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

Frederick Douglass was born a slave and lived to become a best-selling author and a leading figure of the abolitionist movement. A powerful orator and writer, Douglass provided a unique voice advocating human rights and freedom across the nineteenth century, and remains an important figure in the fight against racial injustice. This Companion, designed for students of American history and literature, includes essays from prominent scholars working in a range of disciplines. Key topics in Douglass studies - his abolitionist work, oratory, and autobiographical writings - are covered in depth, and new perspectives on religion, jurisprudence, the Civil War, romanticism, sentimentality, the Black press, and transatlanticism are offered. Accessible in style, and representing new approaches in literary and African-American studies, this book is both a lucid introduction and a contribution to existing scholarship. Contents......Page 8 Notes on Contributors......Page 10 Chronology of Douglass’s Life......Page 13 Citations......Page 20 Introduction......Page 22 1 Douglass’s Self-Making and the Culture of Abolitionism......Page 34 2 Identity in the Autobiographies......Page 52 3 Douglass as Orator and Editor......Page 67 4 Crisis and Faith in Douglass’s Work......Page 81 5 Violence, Manhood, and War in Douglass......Page 94 6 Human Law and Higher Law......Page 110 7 Sentimental Douglass......Page 124 8 Douglass among the Romantics......Page 139 9 Douglass’s Black Atlantic: Britain, Europe, Egypt......Page 153 10 Douglass’s Black Atlantic: The Caribbean......Page 167 11 Douglass, Ideological Slavery, and Postbellum Racial Politics......Page 181 12 Born into Slavery: Echoes and Legacies......Page 194 Guide to Further Reading......Page 204 Index......Page 207 Douglass's self-making and the culture of abolitionism / John Stauffer Identity in the autobiographies / Robert S. Levine Douglass as orator and editor / Sarah Meer Crisis and faith in Douglass's work / John Ernest Violence, manhood, and war in Douglass / Maurice O. Wallace Human law and higher law / Gregg Crane Sentimental Douglass / Arthur Riss Douglass among the Romantics / Bill E. Lawson Douglass's Black Atlantic: Britain, Europe, Egypt / Paul Giles Douglass's Black Atlantic: the Caribbean / Ifeoma C. K. Nwankwo Douglass, ideological slavery, and postbellum racial politics / Gene Andrew Jarrett Born in slavery: echoes and legacies / Valerie Smith.

Frederick Douglass was born a slave and lived to become a best-selling author and a leading figure of the abolitionist movement. A powerful orator and writer, Douglass provided a unique voice advocating human rights and freedom across the nineteenth century, and remains an important figure in the fight against racial injustice. This Companion, designed for students of American history and literature, is both a lucid introduction and a contribution to existing scholarship.

Frederick Douglass was born a slave and lived to become a best-selling author and a leading figure of the abolitionist movement. These essays cover key topics in Douglass studies - his abolitionist work, oratory, and autobiographical writings - in depth and offer new perspectives An engaging and informative overview of the life and works of Frederick Douglass Edited By Maurice S. Lee. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.