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Liberalism and the culture of security

Henry, Katherine, 1956-

Liberalism and the culture of security the nineteenth-century rhetoric of reform / [electronic resource] : Katherine Henry. - Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2011. - 1 online resource (xiv, 213 p. ) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: the rhetoric of protection -- Declarations of independence, claims of injury -- Unmasking slavery: Angelina Grimke's rhetoric of exposure -- Melting into speech: Frances E. W. Harper and the citizenship of the heart -- The eloquent girl: liberal publicity and unprotected privacy in Henry James's The Bostonians.

9780817385101 081738510X




Liberalism--History--United States--19th century.
Liberalism in literature.
Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States.
Politics and literature--History--United States--19th century.
American literature--History and criticism.--19th century


Electronic books.

PS217.P64 / H46 2011

810.9/3581