plantation life in literature

Provides in-depth analysis of the literary work Uncle Tom's Cabin, as well as its importance and critical reception. Includes a chronology of the life and works of the author.

Provides in-depth analysis of the literary work Absalom, Absalom!, as well as its importance and critical reception. Includes a chronology of the life and works of the author.

Collects critical essays on William Faulkner's "Absalom, Absalom!" including selections by Nicole Moulinoux, Aimee E. Berger, Richard Forrer, and others; and includes a chronology of the life of the author.

Presents a brief biography of Harriet Beecher Stowe, thematic and structural analysis of the work, critical views, and an index of themes and ideas.

Collects fourteen critical essays on various aspects of the Harriet Beecher Stowe novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin, " and includes an annotated bibliography and other study tools.

A collection of essays which examine "The Bondwoman's Narrative", discussing what it revealed about slavery in the United States, who the author was, how her writing was influenced by theological, legal, and cultural contexts of antebellum American life, and other related topics.

Discusses the circumstances that existed at the time Stowe wrote her famous novel, the details of the book, and its impact on feelings about the existence of slavery in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century.