Apocalyptic sentimentalism :: love and fear in U.S. antebellum literature /
"In contrast to the prevailing scholarly con-sensus that understands sentimentality to be grounded on a logic of love and sympathy, Apocalyptic Sentimentalism demonstrates that in order for sentimentality to work as an antislavery engine, it needed to be linked to its seeming opposite--fear, es...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "In contrast to the prevailing scholarly con-sensus that understands sentimentality to be grounded on a logic of love and sympathy, Apocalyptic Sentimentalism demonstrates that in order for sentimentality to work as an antislavery engine, it needed to be linked to its seeming opposite--fear, especially the fear of God's wrath. Most antislavery reformers recognized that calls for love and sympathy or the representation of suffering slaves would not lead an audience to "feel right" or to actively oppose slavery. The threat of God's apocalyptic vengeance--and the terror that this threat inspired--functioned within the tradition of abolitionist sentimentality as a necessary goad for sympathy and love. Fear, then, was at the center of nineteenth-century sentimental strategies for inciting antislavery reform, bolstering love when love faltered, and operating as a powerful mechanism for establishing interracial sympathy. Depictions of God's apocalyptic vengeance constituted the most efficient strategy for antislavery writers to generate a sense of terror in their audience. Focusing on a range of important anti-slavery figures, including David Walker, Nat Turner, Maria Stewart, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and John Brown, Apocalyptic Sentimentalism illustrates how antislavery discourse worked to redefine violence and vengeance as the ultimate expression (rather than denial) of love and sympathy. At the sametime, these warnings of apocalyptic retribution enabled antislavery writers to express, albeit indirectly, fantasies of brutal violence against slaveholders. What began as a sentimental strategy quickly became an incendiary gesture, with antislavery reformers envisioning the complete annihilation of slaveholders and defenders of slavery"-- "Situated at the intersection of love and fear, Apocalyptic Sentimentalism proposes a new genealogy for understanding literary sentimentalism as a complex negotiation of seemingly oppositional emotional economies. In the manuscript, Kevin Pelletier investigates the convergence of emergent sentimental practices with the fire and brimstone rhetoric of evangelical Christianity. Its aims are threefold: 1) to demonstrate that prophecies of apocalypse, and the fear they stimulate, are foundational to the U.S. sentimental tradition; 2) to analyze how abolitionist and antislavery writers adopted and revised the rhetoric of apocalyptic sentimentality in the years leading up to the Civil War; and 3) to examine how this discourse of apocalyptic sentimentalism was used to produce an innovative theory of selfhood, one that challenged the then-prevalent notion that African Americans were inherently inferior--physically, emotionally, and intellectually--than whites. The works of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglass, Martin Delany, and others are discussed, as Pelletier works to uncover this ignored tradition and demonstrate how nineteenth-century apocalyptic sentimentalists produced messianic selfhood in order to subvert established racial hierarchies"-- |
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| spelling | Pelletier, Kevin, 1975- author. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjqCmtYD6VYk6bgFvwgvVC http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2014053165 Apocalyptic sentimentalism : love and fear in U.S. antebellum literature / Kevin Pelletier. Love and fear in U.S. antebellum literature Love and fear in United States antebellum literature Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2015] ©2015 1 online resource : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "In contrast to the prevailing scholarly con-sensus that understands sentimentality to be grounded on a logic of love and sympathy, Apocalyptic Sentimentalism demonstrates that in order for sentimentality to work as an antislavery engine, it needed to be linked to its seeming opposite--fear, especially the fear of God's wrath. Most antislavery reformers recognized that calls for love and sympathy or the representation of suffering slaves would not lead an audience to "feel right" or to actively oppose slavery. The threat of God's apocalyptic vengeance--and the terror that this threat inspired--functioned within the tradition of abolitionist sentimentality as a necessary goad for sympathy and love. Fear, then, was at the center of nineteenth-century sentimental strategies for inciting antislavery reform, bolstering love when love faltered, and operating as a powerful mechanism for establishing interracial sympathy. Depictions of God's apocalyptic vengeance constituted the most efficient strategy for antislavery writers to generate a sense of terror in their audience. Focusing on a range of important anti-slavery figures, including David Walker, Nat Turner, Maria Stewart, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and John Brown, Apocalyptic Sentimentalism illustrates how antislavery discourse worked to redefine violence and vengeance as the ultimate expression (rather than denial) of love and sympathy. At the sametime, these warnings of apocalyptic retribution enabled antislavery writers to express, albeit indirectly, fantasies of brutal violence against slaveholders. What began as a sentimental strategy quickly became an incendiary gesture, with antislavery reformers envisioning the complete annihilation of slaveholders and defenders of slavery"-- Provided by publisher "Situated at the intersection of love and fear, Apocalyptic Sentimentalism proposes a new genealogy for understanding literary sentimentalism as a complex negotiation of seemingly oppositional emotional economies. In the manuscript, Kevin Pelletier investigates the convergence of emergent sentimental practices with the fire and brimstone rhetoric of evangelical Christianity. Its aims are threefold: 1) to demonstrate that prophecies of apocalypse, and the fear they stimulate, are foundational to the U.S. sentimental tradition; 2) to analyze how abolitionist and antislavery writers adopted and revised the rhetoric of apocalyptic sentimentality in the years leading up to the Civil War; and 3) to examine how this discourse of apocalyptic sentimentalism was used to produce an innovative theory of selfhood, one that challenged the then-prevalent notion that African Americans were inherently inferior--physically, emotionally, and intellectually--than whites. The works of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglass, Martin Delany, and others are discussed, as Pelletier works to uncover this ignored tradition and demonstrate how nineteenth-century apocalyptic sentimentalists produced messianic selfhood in order to subvert established racial hierarchies"-- Provided by publisher Print version record. English. Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE BLACK ABOLITION AND THE IDEOLOGICAL ROOTS OF APOCALYPTIC SENTIMENTALISM -- One. David Walker, Nat Turner, and the Logic of Sentimental Terror -- Two. "The Wrath of the Lamb": Maria W. Stewart and the Domestication of Apocalypse -- pt. TWO SALVATION THROUGH MOTHERLY VENGEANCE: THE SENTIMENTALITY OF HARRIET BEECHER STOWE -- Three. Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Fictionalization of Apocalyptic Sentimentalism -- Four. "Can Fear of Fire Make Me Love?": Dred and the Incarnation of Apocalypse -- pt. THREE JOHN BROWN AND THE LEGACY OF APOCALYPTIC SENTIMENTALISM -- Five. Sentimental John Brown. American literature 19th century History and criticism. Slavery in literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94008615 Antislavery movements in literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002010729 Apocalyptic literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006003 African Americans in literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85002009 Emotions in literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85042826 Literature and society United States History 19th century. Littérature américaine 19e siècle Histoire et critique. Esclavage dans la littérature. Mouvements antiesclavagistes dans la littérature. Littérature apocalyptique. Noirs américains dans la littérature. Littérature et société États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle. LITERARY CRITICISM American General. bisacsh African Americans in literature fast American literature fast Antislavery movements in literature fast Apocalyptic literature fast Emotions in literature fast Literature and society fast Slavery in literature fast United States fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq 1800-1899 fast Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast History fast has work: Apocalyptic sentimentalism (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGDGCXBHQFgvhFDXXBR7pP https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Pelletier, Kevin, 1975- Apocalyptic sentimentalism 9780820339481 (DLC) 2014021694 (OCoLC)876432052 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=802127 Volltext |
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| title | Apocalyptic sentimentalism : love and fear in U.S. antebellum literature / |
| title_alt | Love and fear in U.S. antebellum literature Love and fear in United States antebellum literature BLACK ABOLITION AND THE IDEOLOGICAL ROOTS OF APOCALYPTIC SENTIMENTALISM -- David Walker, Nat Turner, and the Logic of Sentimental Terror -- "The Wrath of the Lamb": Maria W. Stewart and the Domestication of Apocalypse -- SALVATION THROUGH MOTHERLY VENGEANCE: THE SENTIMENTALITY OF HARRIET BEECHER STOWE -- Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Fictionalization of Apocalyptic Sentimentalism -- "Can Fear of Fire Make Me Love?": Dred and the Incarnation of Apocalypse -- JOHN BROWN AND THE LEGACY OF APOCALYPTIC SENTIMENTALISM -- Sentimental John Brown. |
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| title_full | Apocalyptic sentimentalism : love and fear in U.S. antebellum literature / Kevin Pelletier. |
| title_fullStr | Apocalyptic sentimentalism : love and fear in U.S. antebellum literature / Kevin Pelletier. |
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| title_sub | love and fear in U.S. antebellum literature / |
| topic | American literature 19th century History and criticism. Slavery in literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94008615 Antislavery movements in literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002010729 Apocalyptic literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006003 African Americans in literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85002009 Emotions in literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85042826 Literature and society United States History 19th century. Littérature américaine 19e siècle Histoire et critique. Esclavage dans la littérature. Mouvements antiesclavagistes dans la littérature. Littérature apocalyptique. Noirs américains dans la littérature. Littérature et société États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle. LITERARY CRITICISM American General. bisacsh African Americans in literature fast American literature fast Antislavery movements in literature fast Apocalyptic literature fast Emotions in literature fast Literature and society fast Slavery in literature fast |
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