The Escape; Or, a Leap for Freedom. A Drama in Five Acts.
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Sprache:Englisch
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Verlag:University Of Tennessee Press
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Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
21.03.2001
Verlag
University Of Tennessee PressSeitenzahl
112
Maße (L/B/H)
22,8/15,3/0,9 cm
Gewicht
181 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-57233-106-8
The Escape centers on the attempted sexual violation of a slave and involves many characters of mixed race, through which Brown commented on such themes as moral decay, white racism, and black self-determination. Rich in action and faithful in dialect, it raises issues relating not only to race but also to gender by including concepts of black and white masculinity and the culture of southern white and enslaved women. It portrays a world in which slavery provided a convenient means of distinguishing between the white North and the white South, allowing northerners to express moral sentiments without recognizing or addressing the racial prejudice pervasive among whites in both regions.
John Ernest's introductory essay balances the play's historical and literary contexts, including information on Brown and his career, as well as on slavery, abolitionism, and sectional politics. It also discusses the legends and realities of the Underground Railroad, examines the role of antebellum performance art -- including blackface minstrelsy and stage versions of Uncle Tom's Cabin -- in the construction of race and national identity,and provides an introduction to theories of identity as performance.
A century and a half after its initial appearance, The Escape remains essential reading for students of African American literature. Ernest's keen analysis of this classic play will enrich readers' appreci
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