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100	1		_aPelletier, Kevin, _d1975- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aApocalyptic sentimentalism : _blove and fear in U.S. antebellum literature / _cKevin Pelletier.
264		1	_aAthens : _bUniversity of Georgia Press, _c[2015]
264		4	_c2015
300			_a1 online resource (271 pages) : _billustrations
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aAmerican literature _y19th century _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aSlavery in literature.
650		0	_aAntislavery movements in literature.
650		0	_aApocalyptic literature.
650		0	_aAfrican Americans in literature.
650		0	_aEmotions in literature.
650		0	_aLiterature and society _zUnited States _xHistory _y19th century.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aPelletier, Kevin. _tApocalyptic sentimentalism : love and fear in U.S. antebellum literature. _dAthens : University of Georgia Press, [2015] _z9780820339481 _w(DLC)10987034
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
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