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How did slavery and race impact American literature in the 19th century? This book argues that they were the carriers of linguistic restriction, and writers like Frederick Douglass wrestled with the demands for silence and circumspection that accompanied the antebellum fear of disunion and the postwar reconciliation between the North and South.

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"Dramatically interdisciplinary, The War on Words gives us a new vision of periodicity and offers vital new readings of canonical works in nineteenth-century American literature. Gilmore's book is as deeply learned as it is creative." - Robert A. Ferguson, Columbia University"

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/07/2010
      ISBN13: 9780226294131, 978-0226294131
      ISBN10: 0226294137

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      Book Synopsis
      How did slavery and race impact American literature in the 19th century? This book argues that they were the carriers of linguistic restriction, and writers like Frederick Douglass wrestled with the demands for silence and circumspection that accompanied the antebellum fear of disunion and the postwar reconciliation between the North and South.

      Trade Review
      "Dramatically interdisciplinary, The War on Words gives us a new vision of periodicity and offers vital new readings of canonical works in nineteenth-century American literature. Gilmore's book is as deeply learned as it is creative." - Robert A. Ferguson, Columbia University"

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