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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 32
Language
English
Description
From the publisher. The 1853 edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin -- known as the "Splendid Edition" -- includes 117 detailed, evocative illustrations by Hammatt Billings. An introduction by Bancroft-winning historian David S. Reynolds provides a general introduction discussing the history of the Splendid Edition and the role Stowe's novel played in fomenting the Civil War, a role reinforced by the story that when Abraham Lincoln met Stowe at the start of...
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
An interpretation of the American classic refutes statements about the work's dehumanizing qualities as cited by James Baldwin in 1955, explaining how it served to raise period awareness about slavery and abolitionism and continues to provide insight into modern race relations and other social issues.
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