English 3349F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: White Movement, Counterpoint, South African Class 19C 4-8-2
4 Jan 2021
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin
- Written 1815 — published in magazine chapter by chapter
- Ended up becoming published as a book — sol 10000 copies in one week
- Bestselling novel of 19C only behind Bible
- Mobilized political sentinent — female author — may have influenced civil war
- Stowe
- Married, stay at home mom, daughter of Pres. minister
- Revolutionary in some ways and very racist in others
- Supported shipping slaves back to Africa so that America would be a white space — white
movement
- Came from a famous family — was not famous before being published
- Grew up in Cincinnati — major hub for slave catching and slave selling
- Writings
- Was a regionally known vernacular writing
- Got husband’s permission so that he could get a new dress
- Ridiculed in literary studies until about 1980
- Critical work — Stowe provides a counterpoint to many authors on the syllabus
- Stowe was a feminist: Hawthorne, Melville, Fuller — all weren’t
- Sentimental novel
- Uses stereotypes — comforting, able to lighten the mood, can predict what’s going to
happen
- Stowe’s book was written to describe the effects of the law — Fugitive Slave Law — and insists
that FSL and slavery are both wrong
- Strategies
- Benevolent works
- Wants to exemplify that all slavery is bad by having “good owners” still sell
people
- Represents what actually happens to people — compare some possibilities and
shut down others
- Doublings
- Toms, Tom and Eva, Henry/Henrick
- Topsy depends on Eva for religious education
- Needs to show how feeling crosses barriers of race/class/gender
- Uses opposites to show that people can come to an agreement
across these barriers
- Separate sphere of domestic spaces
Houses in Uncle Tom’s Cabin
- Shelby home and birdhouse
- Lack of houses — George doesn’t have a home
- Shelby Home
Document Summary
Written 1815 published in magazine chapter by chapter. Ended up becoming published as a book sol 10000 copies in one week. Bestselling novel of 19c only behind bible. Mobilized political sentinent female author may have influenced civil war. Married, stay at home mom, daughter of pres. minister. Revolutionary in some ways and very racist in others. Supported shipping slaves back to africa so that america would be a white space white movement. Came from a famous family was not famous before being published. Grew up in cincinnati major hub for slave catching and slave selling. Got husband"s permission so that he could get a new dress. Ridiculed in literary studies until about 1980. Critical work stowe provides a counterpoint to many authors on the syllabus. Stowe was a feminist: hawthorne, melville, fuller all weren"t. Uses stereotypes comforting, able to lighten the mood, can predict what"s going to happen.
