BUILT ON EMOTION

Except for the Bible, Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe, was the largest selling book during the nineteenth century. Modern emotion theorists have produced extensive scholarship exploring the ways in which Uncle Tom's Cabin functioned within antebellum America, and the ways in which it changed the American slavery debate. Applying emotion theory, James Roller explains how Stowe's family history and regional location contributed to her ability to address a variety of audiences with her novel. He describes how Uncle Tom's Cabin employs many rhetorical strategies from American antislavery writing, and examines the ways in which the text was received in American society with a particular emphasis on the book's contemporary reviews. Finally, he discusses the ways in which Stowe's approach to writing changed in the aftermath of the novel's release, and the drastic transformation it made in her life.

Autorentext
James Roller teaches College Composition and his interests focus on early and antebellum American literature as viewed through historical context and culturally constructed emotion theory. He has a BA in English and American Literature from the University of California at Santa Cruz, and an MA in English from Colorado State University.

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Except for the Bible, Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe, was the largest selling book during the nineteenth century. Modern emotion theorists have produced extensive scholarship exploring the ways in which Uncle Tom's Cabin functioned within antebellum America, and the ways in which it changed the American slavery debate. Applying emotion theory, James Roller explains how Stowe's family history and regional location contributed to her ability to address a variety of audiences with her novel. He describes how Uncle Tom's Cabin employs many rhetorical strategies from American antislavery writing, and examines the ways in which the text was received in American society with a particular emphasis on the book's contemporary reviews. Finally, he discusses the ways in which Stowe's approach to writing changed in the aftermath of the novel's release, and the drastic transformation it made in her life.

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