Author: Alexandra Griesing
Publisher: Anchor Academic Publishing (aap_verlag)
ISBN: 395489534X
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 57
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Harriet Beecher Stowe ́s novel Uncle Tom ́s Cabin, was one of the most controversial books, published in 1851/52 and put the debate on slavery more strongly in the center of public attention. It had great influence on other writers at that time. This paper deals with the writing and the publishing of Stowe ́s masterpiece and the comparison with ist most popular stage adaptation by George L. Aiken. Similarities as well as differences will be presented as far as the structure, the characters and the themes are concerned.
Author: Alexandra Griesing
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783656234371
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 56
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Bachelor Thesis from the year 2009 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, University of Gottingen, language: English, abstract: "So youre the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war" (Raabe 216)! With these words Abraham Lincoln is said to have greeted Harriet Beecher Stowe when she visited the white House in 1863. Without doubt, Uncle Toms Cabin, Stowes first antislavery novel, was one of the most controversial books when it was published in 1851/52. Although it certainly cant be seen as the true reason for the Civil War that started in 1861, it nevertheless put the debate on slavery more strongly in the center of public attention. This paper deals with this highly controversial book. First, the context of the writing as well as the publishing of Uncle Toms Cabin will be presented, and its sources will be outlined. For a better understanding of the circumstances, some biographical pieces of information about the author will be given beforehand. The next section will focus on the several stage adaptations of Uncle Toms Cabin, the one by George L. Aiken will already be treated in more detail. The mixed reactions towards Stowes novel in general will be delineated, too. After giving a summary of the content of Uncle Toms Cabin to establish the basis for a further analysis, the main part of this paper will deal with the comparison of the novel with Aikens most popular stage adaptation. Similarities as well as differences will be presented as far as the structure, the characters and the themes are concerned. This paper will try to show that Aikens version of Uncle Toms Cabin comes very close to Stowes novel, but that he incorporated his own ideas as well to partly produce other effects, too.
Author: Alexandra Griesing
Publisher: Anchor Academic Publishing (aap_verlag)
ISBN: 3954890348
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 61
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Harriet Beecher Stowes novel Uncle Toms Cabin, was one of the most controversial books, published in 1851/52 and put the debate on slavery more strongly in the center of public attention. It had great influence on other writers at that time. This paper deals with the writing and the publishing of Stowes masterpiece and the comparison with its most popular stage adaptation by George L. Aiken. Similarities as well as differences will be presented as far as the structure, the characters and the themes are concerned.
Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
Publisher: Amila Jay
ISBN: 3985100098
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 608
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Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in two volumes in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S., and is said to have "helped lay the groundwork for the [American] Civil War."
Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
Publisher: Bantam Classics
ISBN: 0553897691
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 545
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Uncle Tom, Topsy, Sambo, Simon Legree, little Eva: their names are American bywords, and all of them are characters in Harriet Beecher Stowe's remarkable novel of the pre-Civil War South. Uncle Tom's Cabin was revolutionary in 1852 for its passionate indictment of slavery and for its presentation of Tom, "a man of humanity," as the first black hero in American fiction. Labeled racist and condescending by some contemporary critics, it remains a shocking, controversial, and powerful work -- exposing the attitudes of white nineteenth-century society toward "the peculiar institution" and documenting, in heartrending detail, the tragic breakup of black Kentucky families "sold down the river." An immediate international sensation, Uncle Tom's Cabin sold 300,000 copies in the first year, was translated into thirty-seven languages, and has never gone out of print: its political impact was immense, its emotional influence immeasurable.
Author: Edward Tang
Publisher: Research & Education Assoc.
ISBN: 9780878910564
Category : Uncle Tom (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 146
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REA's MAXnotes for Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin MAXnotes offer a fresh look at masterpieces of literature, presented in a lively and interesting fashion. Written by literary experts who currently teach the subject, MAXnotes will enhance your understanding and enjoyment of the work. MAXnotes are designed to stimulate independent thought about the literary work by raising various issues and thought-provoking ideas and questions. MAXnotes cover the essentials of what one should know about each work, including an overall summary, character lists, an explanation and discussion of the plot, the work's historical context, illustrations to convey the mood of the work, and a biography of the author. Each chapter is individually summarized and analyzed, and has study questions and answers.
Author: Harriet Stowe
Publisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 1429016035
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 334
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Volume Two of the Harriet Beecher Stowe classic. Originally published beginning June 5, 1851 as a serial in The National Era, an abolitionist weekly published in Washington, DC., Stowe's anti-slavery novel was finished forty-three chapters and one year later. John Jewett's small publishing house published the book on March 20, 1852, a couple of weeks before the serial ended. Uncle Tom's Cabin was the best-selling novel of the 19th century and is credited with significantly advancing the abolitionist cause. Its historical impact was so great that it spawned the mythical story that Abraham Lincoln, upon meeting Stowe near the start of the Civil War, was heard to say, ""So this is the little lady who started this great war.""
Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 414
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This book was published to document the veracity of the depiction of slavery in Stowe's anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. It also provides insights into Stowe's own views on slavery. After the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin, Southerners accused Stowe of misrepresenting slavery. In order to show that she had neither lied about slavery nor exaggerated the plight of enslaved people, she compiled A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin. The book was subtitled "Presenting the Original Facts and Documents upon Which the Story Is Founded, Together with Corroborative Statements Verifying the Truth of the Work".
Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 638
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"Uncle Tom's Cabin" is Harriet Beecher Stowe's abolitionist masterpiece. The titular Uncle Tom is the slave of Mr. Shelby, the proprietor of a certain estate in Kentucky, which has fallen into disorder in consequence of the speculative habits of its owner, who, at the opening of the tale, is forced to part not only with Uncle Tom, but with a young quadroom woman named Eliza, the servant of Mrs. Shelby, and wife of George Harris, a slave upon a neighboring estate. Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe was an abolitionist and her book is a vehement and unrestrained argument in favor of her creed.
Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 638
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"Uncle Tom's Cabin" is Harriet Beecher Stowe's abolitionist masterpiece. The titular Uncle Tom is the slave of Mr. Shelby, the proprietor of a certain estate in Kentucky, which has fallen into disorder in consequence of the speculative habits of its owner, who, at the opening of the tale, is forced to part not only with Uncle Tom, but with a young quadroom woman named Eliza, the servant of Mrs. Shelby, and wife of George Harris, a slave upon a neighboring estate. Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe was an abolitionist and her book is a vehement and unrestrained argument in favor of her creed.
